batman-adv: retrieve B.A.T.M.A.N. V WiFi neighbor stats from real interface
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
[sven.eckelmann@open-mesh.com: re-add batadv_get_real_netdev to take rtnl
semaphore for batadv_get_real_netdevice]
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@open-mesh.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index df31f2f..ca743a5 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ static bool batadv_is_valid_iface(const struct net_device *net_dev)
* interface on top of another 'real' interface
* @netdev: the device to check
*
+ * Callers must hold the rtnl semaphore. You may want batadv_get_real_netdev()
+ * instead of this.
+ *
* Return: the 'real' net device or the original net device and NULL in case
* of an error.
*/
@@ -243,6 +246,25 @@ static struct net_device *batadv_get_real_netdevice(struct net_device *netdev)
}
/**
+ * batadv_get_real_netdev - check if the given net_device struct is a virtual
+ * interface on top of another 'real' interface
+ * @net_device: the device to check
+ *
+ * Return: the 'real' net device or the original net device and NULL in case
+ * of an error.
+ */
+struct net_device *batadv_get_real_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
+{
+ struct net_device *real_netdev;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ real_netdev = batadv_get_real_netdevice(net_device);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
+ return real_netdev;
+}
+
+/**
* batadv_is_wext_netdev - check if the given net_device struct is a
* wext wifi interface
* @net_device: the device to check