cfg80211: export cfg80211_ref_bss

This is needed by mac80211 to keep a reference
to a BSS alive for the auth process. Remove the
old version of cfg80211_ref_bss() since it's
not actually used.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 6cfecb02a34b..229edc526cf5 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -2719,6 +2719,20 @@ struct cfg80211_bss *cfg80211_get_mesh(struct wiphy *wiphy,
                                        struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
                                        const u8 *meshid, size_t meshidlen,
                                        const u8 *meshcfg);
+/**
+ * cfg80211_ref_bss - reference BSS struct
+ * @bss: the BSS struct to reference
+ *
+ * Increments the refcount of the given BSS struct.
+ */
+void cfg80211_ref_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *bss);
+
+/**
+ * cfg80211_put_bss - unref BSS struct
+ * @bss: the BSS struct
+ *
+ * Decrements the refcount of the given BSS struct.
+ */
 void cfg80211_put_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *bss);
 
 /**