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authorAndrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com>2014-05-09 14:11:44 +0300
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2014-05-15 14:52:44 +0200
commit34d22ce22b0b249804816990a3b62b08b1a62546 (patch)
tree5d40eed4e362660f83e16d08aa9bec9ac9c9376a
parent00ec75fc5a6499d8fdeb6ec9f8f5df68b9291c74 (diff)
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cfg80211: Add API to update CSA counters in mgmt frames
Add NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX which holds an array of offsets to the CSA counters which should be updated when sending a management frames with NL80211_CMD_FRAME. This API should be used by the drivers that wish to keep the CSA counter updated in probe responses, but do not implement probe response offloading and so, do not use ieee80211_proberesp_get function. Signed-off-by: Andrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h4
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h8
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c24
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index e3a48b0a2b3b..f46e1e15746d 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1986,6 +1986,8 @@ struct cfg80211_update_ft_ies_params {
* @len: buffer length
* @no_cck: don't use cck rates for this frame
* @dont_wait_for_ack: tells the low level not to wait for an ack
+ * @n_csa_offsets: length of csa_offsets array
+ * @csa_offsets: array of all the csa offsets in the frame
*/
struct cfg80211_mgmt_tx_params {
struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
@@ -1995,6 +1997,8 @@ struct cfg80211_mgmt_tx_params {
size_t len;
bool no_cck;
bool dont_wait_for_ack;
+ int n_csa_offsets;
+ const u16 *csa_offsets;
};
/**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index b65095a85dee..ec90fc9d2358 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -503,6 +503,9 @@
* TX status event pertaining to the TX request.
* %NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE is used to decide whether to send the
* management frames at CCK rate or not in 2GHz band.
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX is an array of offsets to CSA
+ * counters which will be updated to the current value. This attribute
+ * is used during CSA period.
* @NL80211_CMD_FRAME_WAIT_CANCEL: When an off-channel TX was requested, this
* command may be used with the corresponding cookie to cancel the wait
* time if it is known that it is no longer necessary.
@@ -1576,6 +1579,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* advertise values that cannot always be met. In such cases, an attempt
* to add a new station entry with @NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION may fail.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX: An array of csa counter offsets (u16) which
+ * should be updated when the frame is transmitted.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_TDLS_PEER_CAPABILITY: flags for TDLS peer capabilities, u32.
* As specified in the &enum nl80211_tdls_peer_capability.
*
@@ -1920,6 +1926,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_IFACE_SOCKET_OWNER,
+ NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 74e7299e4add..4c0ca40ef90e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_TDLS_PEER_CAPABILITY] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_IFACE_SOCKET_OWNER] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX] = { .type = NLA_BINARY },
};
/* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -7786,6 +7787,27 @@ static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (!chandef.chan && params.offchan)
return -EINVAL;
+ params.buf = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME]);
+ params.len = nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME]);
+
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX]) {
+ int len = nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX]);
+ int i;
+
+ if (len % sizeof(u16))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ params.n_csa_offsets = len / sizeof(u16);
+ params.csa_offsets =
+ nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX]);
+
+ /* check that all the offsets fit the frame */
+ for (i = 0; i < params.n_csa_offsets; i++) {
+ if (params.csa_offsets[i] >= params.len)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
+
if (!params.dont_wait_for_ack) {
msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!msg)
@@ -7799,8 +7821,6 @@ static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
}
}
- params.buf = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME]);
- params.len = nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME]);
params.chan = chandef.chan;
err = cfg80211_mlme_mgmt_tx(rdev, wdev, &params, &cookie);
if (err)