netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ifdefy the wireless pointers in struct net

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Date:   Tue, 17 May 2022 10:32:02 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, johannes@...solutions.net, alex.aring@...il.com,
        stefan@...enfreihafen.org, mareklindner@...mailbox.ch,
        sw@...onwunderlich.de, a@...table.cc, sven@...fation.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ifdefy the wireless pointers in struct
 net_device

On Tue, 17 May 2022 07:36:54 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > +void cfg80211_unregister_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
> > +{
> > +	cfg80211_unregister_wdev(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_unregister_netdevice);  
> 
> Why moving this to a proper function? Just curious, I couldn't figure it
> out.

Sorry, I went too far with the "explain what not why".
The header is included in places which get built without 
WIRELESS while the C source is not.