mac80211: add explicit AP/GO driver operations

Depending on the driver, a lot of setup may be
necessary to start operating as an AP, some of
which may fail. Add an explicit AP start driver
method to make such failures easier to handle,
and add an AP stop driver method for symmetry.

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

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
index 77407b31e1ff..1701ad7013a4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
@@ -936,4 +936,29 @@ static inline void drv_unassign_vif_chanctx(struct ieee80211_local *local,
         trace_drv_return_void(local);
 }
 
+static inline int drv_start_ap(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+                               struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+        int ret = 0;
+
+        check_sdata_in_driver(sdata);
+
+        trace_drv_start_ap(local, sdata, &sdata->vif.bss_conf);
+        if (local->ops->start_ap)
+                ret = local->ops->start_ap(&local->hw, &sdata->vif);
+        trace_drv_return_int(local, ret);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void drv_stop_ap(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+                               struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+        check_sdata_in_driver(sdata);
+
+        trace_drv_stop_ap(local, sdata);
+        if (local->ops->stop_ap)
+                local->ops->stop_ap(&local->hw, &sdata->vif);
+        trace_drv_return_void(local);
+}
+
 #endif /* __MAC80211_DRIVER_OPS */