bridge: allow creating bridge devices with netlink

[deliverable/linux.git] / net / bridge / br_if.c

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index 718b60366dfe59303e11699c42903462dd21abf5..7f5379c593d969ea843570b1cfd47715fa4bcebf 100644 (file)
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -175,56 +175,6 @@ static void del_br(struct net_bridge *br, struct list_head *head)
        unregister_netdevice_queue(br->dev, head);
 }
 
-static struct net_device *new_bridge_dev(struct net *net, const char *name)
-{
-       struct net_bridge *br;
-       struct net_device *dev;
-
-       dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_bridge), name,
-                          br_dev_setup);
-
-       if (!dev)
-               return NULL;
-       dev_net_set(dev, net);
-
-       br = netdev_priv(dev);
-       br->dev = dev;
-
-       br->stats = alloc_percpu(struct br_cpu_netstats);
-       if (!br->stats) {
-               free_netdev(dev);
-               return NULL;
-       }
-
-       spin_lock_init(&br->lock);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&br->port_list);
-       spin_lock_init(&br->hash_lock);
-
-       br->bridge_id.prio[0] = 0x80;
-       br->bridge_id.prio[1] = 0x00;
-
-       memcpy(br->group_addr, br_group_address, ETH_ALEN);
-
-       br->feature_mask = dev->features;
-       br->stp_enabled = BR_NO_STP;
-       br->designated_root = br->bridge_id;
-       br->root_path_cost = 0;
-       br->root_port = 0;
-       br->bridge_max_age = br->max_age = 20 * HZ;
-       br->bridge_hello_time = br->hello_time = 2 * HZ;
-       br->bridge_forward_delay = br->forward_delay = 15 * HZ;
-       br->topology_change = 0;
-       br->topology_change_detected = 0;
-       br->ageing_time = 300 * HZ;
-
-       br_netfilter_rtable_init(br);
-
-       br_stp_timer_init(br);
-       br_multicast_init(br);
-
-       return dev;
-}
-
 /* find an available port number */
 static int find_portno(struct net_bridge *br)
 {
@@ -277,42 +227,19 @@ static struct net_bridge_port *new_nbp(struct net_bridge *br,
        return p;
 }
 
-static struct device_type br_type = {
-       .name   = "bridge",
-};
-
 int br_add_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name)
 {
        struct net_device *dev;
-       int ret;
 
-       dev = new_bridge_dev(net, name);
+       dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_bridge), name,
+                          br_dev_setup);
+
        if (!dev)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       rtnl_lock();
-       if (strchr(dev->name, '%')) {
-               ret = dev_alloc_name(dev, dev->name);
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       goto out_free;
-       }
-
-       SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(dev, &br_type);
-
-       ret = register_netdevice(dev);
-       if (ret)
-               goto out_free;
-
-       ret = br_sysfs_addbr(dev);
-       if (ret)
-               unregister_netdevice(dev);
- out:
-       rtnl_unlock();
-       return ret;
+       dev_net_set(dev, net);
 
-out_free:
-       free_netdev(dev);
-       goto out;
+       return register_netdev(dev);
 }
 
 int br_del_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name)