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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/cfg.c20
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c7
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index ce6936890c26..d34c7c3dd762 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
#include "rate.h"
#include "mesh.h"
-static int ieee80211_add_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name,
- enum nl80211_iftype type, u32 *flags,
- struct vif_params *params)
+static struct net_device *ieee80211_add_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name,
+ enum nl80211_iftype type,
+ u32 *flags,
+ struct vif_params *params)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
struct net_device *dev;
@@ -29,12 +30,15 @@ static int ieee80211_add_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name,
int err;
err = ieee80211_if_add(local, name, &dev, type, params);
- if (err || type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR || !flags)
- return err;
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
- sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
- sdata->u.mntr_flags = *flags;
- return 0;
+ if (type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR && flags) {
+ sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
+ sdata->u.mntr_flags = *flags;
+ }
+
+ return dev;
}
static int ieee80211_del_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 0b90cab5da2f..cc2e5d6163de 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
{
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0];
struct vif_params params;
+ struct net_device *dev;
int err;
enum nl80211_iftype type = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
u32 flags;
@@ -1403,11 +1404,13 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
err = parse_monitor_flags(type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR ?
info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] : NULL,
&flags);
- err = rdev->ops->add_virtual_intf(&rdev->wiphy,
+ dev = rdev->ops->add_virtual_intf(&rdev->wiphy,
nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]),
type, err ? NULL : &flags, &params);
+ if (IS_ERR(dev))
+ return PTR_ERR(dev);
- return err;
+ return 0;
}
static int nl80211_del_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)