mac80211: remove ieee80211_get_operstate()

ieee80211_get_operstate() was used by drivers in order to
know whether the sta link is up, but it's no longer needed
(nor used) as mac80211 notifies the drivers about
authorization changes (via the sta_state callback)

Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 98da61e52a45..d2ed86da8e4c 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -3556,16 +3556,6 @@ void ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 			       gfp_t gfp);
 
 /**
- * ieee80211_get_operstate - get the operstate of the vif
- *
- * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
- *
- * The driver might need to know the operstate of the net_device
- * (specifically, whether the link is IF_OPER_UP after resume)
- */
-unsigned char ieee80211_get_operstate(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
-
-/**
  * ieee80211_chswitch_done - Complete channel switch process
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
  * @success: make the channel switch successful or not
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 419301c69582..0c4e26ff7d91 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -3530,10 +3530,3 @@ void ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify(sdata->dev, rssi_event, gfp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify);
-
-unsigned char ieee80211_get_operstate(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
-	return sdata->dev->operstate;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_get_operstate);