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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ppp_generic.c23
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 8518a2e58e5..c5f8eb102bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2174,6 +2174,24 @@ int ppp_unit_number(struct ppp_channel *chan)
}
/*
+ * 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.
*/
@@ -2901,11 +2919,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_register_channel);
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);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_register_compressor);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_unregister_compressor);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(PPP_MAJOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS("/dev/ppp");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:ppp");