nl80211: Add generic netlink module alias for cfg80211/nl80211

To support auto-loading of wireless modules from netlink users, add module
alias for nl80211 family.

This also adds NL80211_GENL_NAME constant to define the "nl80211" netlink
family name as part of uapi.

Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index f687a8d0d026..9cdcd9ec3317 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ static void nl80211_post_doit(struct genl_ops *ops, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 /* the netlink family */
 static struct genl_family nl80211_fam = {
-        .id = GENL_ID_GENERATE, /* don't bother with a hardcoded ID */
-        .name = "nl80211",      /* have users key off the name instead */
-        .hdrsize = 0,           /* no private header */
-        .version = 1,           /* no particular meaning now */
+        .id = GENL_ID_GENERATE,         /* don't bother with a hardcoded ID */
+        .name = NL80211_GENL_NAME,      /* have users key off the name instead */
+        .hdrsize = 0,                   /* no private header */
+        .version = 1,                   /* no particular meaning now */
         .maxattr = NL80211_ATTR_MAX,
         .netnsok = true,
         .pre_doit = nl80211_pre_doit,