[PATCH] wext: Send name on events

[PATCH] wext: Send name on events

[jamal]

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iproute2 doesnt like it, so i was getting irritated by this on my
laptop. 

cheers,
jamal

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wext: Send name on events

In the minimal the wireless extensions oughta send at least
the name in addition to the ifindex.

Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>

---
commit 8dd4c21ea0029bb6a9c838254460f9b1ca677531
tree ce70cdebe4dac4ba2543d1bb6d1e507aa2fd5da7
parent 82ca26fa474171326de9851a2f547c490f8e7276
author Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:15:22 -0400
committer Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:15:22 -0400

 net/wireless/wext.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/wext.c b/net/wireless/wext.c
index df5b388..d98ffb7 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext.c
@@ -1277,6 +1277,7 @@ static int rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	r->ifi_flags = dev_get_flags(dev);
 	r->ifi_change = 0;	/* Wireless changes don't affect those flags */
 
+	NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, IFLA_IFNAME, dev->name);
 	/* Add the wireless events in the netlink packet */
 	NLA_PUT(skb, IFLA_WIRELESS, event_len, event);
 

Re: [PATCH] wext: Send name on events

[David Miller]

From: jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:25:15 -0400

> iproute2 doesnt like it, so i was getting irritated by this on my
> laptop. 

Applied, thanks Jamal.