cfg80211: remove NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_DEVICE_NEEDS_CHANNEL

There's no driver using this flag and consequently no userspace
application is actually looking at it. As it seems unlikely for
any driver to start using it, remove it and the (very little)
code that used it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index a12e6cae5132..ba1f7625625c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -3843,11 +3843,6 @@ enum nl80211_ap_sme_features {
  * @NL80211_FEATURE_CELL_BASE_REG_HINTS: This driver has been tested
  *      to work properly to suppport receiving regulatory hints from
  *      cellular base stations.
- * @NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_DEVICE_NEEDS_CHANNEL: If this is set, an active
- *      P2P Device (%NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE) requires its own channel
- *      in the interface combinations, even when it's only used for scan
- *      and remain-on-channel. This could be due to, for example, the
- *      remain-on-channel implementation requiring a channel context.
  * @NL80211_FEATURE_SAE: This driver supports simultaneous authentication of
  *      equals (SAE) with user space SME (NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE) in station
  *      mode
@@ -3889,7 +3884,7 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
         NL80211_FEATURE_HT_IBSS                         = 1 << 1,
         NL80211_FEATURE_INACTIVITY_TIMER                = 1 << 2,
         NL80211_FEATURE_CELL_BASE_REG_HINTS             = 1 << 3,
-        NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_DEVICE_NEEDS_CHANNEL        = 1 << 4,
+        /* bit 4 is reserved - don't use */
         NL80211_FEATURE_SAE                             = 1 << 5,
         NL80211_FEATURE_LOW_PRIORITY_SCAN               = 1 << 6,
         NL80211_FEATURE_SCAN_FLUSH                      = 1 << 7,
diff --git a/net/wireless/chan.c b/net/wireless/chan.c
index f8ab7df1ab0d..5946450c5406 100644
--- a/net/wireless/chan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/chan.c
@@ -705,12 +705,8 @@ cfg80211_get_chan_state(struct wireless_dev *wdev,
         case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
         case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
         case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS:
-                /* these interface types don't really have a channel */
-                return;
         case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE:
-                if (wdev->wiphy->features &
-                                NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_DEVICE_NEEDS_CHANNEL)
-                        *chanmode = CHAN_MODE_EXCLUSIVE;
+                /* these interface types don't really have a channel */
                 return;
         case NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED:
         case NUM_NL80211_IFTYPES: