ppp: Add ppp_dev_name() exported function
ppp_dev_name() gives PPP users visibility of a ppp channel's device
name. This can be used by L2TP drivers to dump the assigned PPP
interface name.
Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 6d61602..8a0dd8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2163,6 +2163,24 @@
}
/*
+ * Return the PPP device interface name of a channel.
+ */
+char *ppp_dev_name(struct ppp_channel *chan)
+{
+ struct channel *pch = chan->ppp;
+ char *name = NULL;
+
+ if (pch) {
+ read_lock_bh(&pch->upl);
+ if (pch->ppp && pch->ppp->dev)
+ name = pch->ppp->dev->name;
+ read_unlock_bh(&pch->upl);
+ }
+ return name;
+}
+
+
+/*
* Disconnect a channel from the generic layer.
* This must be called in process context.
*/
@@ -2890,6 +2908,7 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_unregister_channel);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_channel_index);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_unit_number);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_dev_name);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_input);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_input_error);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_output_wakeup);