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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.c | 54 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/reg.c | 28 |
4 files changed, 106 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 209cacee528..05ba3539b77 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * Copyright 2008 Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> * Copyright 2008 Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> * Copyright 2008 Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> - * Copyright 2008 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> + * Copyright 2008, 2009 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> * Copyright 2008 Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> * Copyright 2008 Colin McCabe <colin@cozybit.com> * @@ -166,6 +166,22 @@ * set (%NL80211_ATTR_REG_TYPE), if the type of regulatory domain is * %NL80211_REG_TYPE_COUNTRY the alpha2 to which we have moved on * to (%NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2). + * @NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT: indicates to userspace that an AP beacon + * has been found while world roaming thus enabling active scan or + * any mode of operation that initiates TX (beacons) on a channel + * where we would not have been able to do either before. As an example + * if you are world roaming (regulatory domain set to world or if your + * driver is using a custom world roaming regulatory domain) and while + * doing a passive scan on the 5 GHz band you find an AP there (if not + * on a DFS channel) you will now be able to actively scan for that AP + * or use AP mode on your card on that same channel. Note that this will + * never be used for channels 1-11 on the 2 GHz band as they are always + * enabled world wide. This beacon hint is only sent if your device had + * either disabled active scanning or beaconing on a channel. We send to + * userspace the wiphy on which we removed a restriction from + * (%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY) and the channel on which this occurred + * before (%NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE) and after (%NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER) + * the beacon hint was processed. * * @NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE: authentication request and notification. * This command is used both as a command (request to authenticate) and @@ -270,6 +286,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { NL80211_CMD_MICHAEL_MIC_FAILURE, + NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT, + /* add new commands above here */ /* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */ @@ -288,6 +306,7 @@ enum nl80211_commands { #define NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE #define NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE #define NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE +#define NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT /** * enum nl80211_attrs - nl80211 netlink attributes @@ -423,6 +442,17 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_KEY_TYPE: Key Type, see &enum nl80211_key_type, represented as * a u32 * + * @NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE: A channel which has suffered a regulatory change + * due to considerations from a beacon hint. This attribute reflects + * the state of the channel _before_ the beacon hint processing. This + * attributes consists of a nested attribute containing + * NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_* + * @NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER: A channel which has suffered a regulatory change + * due to considerations from a beacon hint. This attribute reflects + * the state of the channel _after_ the beacon hint processing. This + * attributes consists of a nested attribute containing + * NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_* + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -511,6 +541,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_MAX_SCAN_IE_LEN, + NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE, + NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER, /* 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 7285bdc4e59..85b5aa3c76f 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -3491,6 +3491,60 @@ void nl80211_michael_mic_failure(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, nlmsg_free(msg); } +void nl80211_send_beacon_hint_event(struct wiphy *wiphy, + struct ieee80211_channel *channel_before, + struct ieee80211_channel *channel_after) +{ + struct sk_buff *msg; + void *hdr; + struct nlattr *nl_freq; + + msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!msg) + return; + + hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT); + if (!hdr) { + nlmsg_free(msg); + return; + } + + /* + * Since we are applying the beacon hint to a wiphy we know its + * wiphy_idx is valid + */ + NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, get_wiphy_idx(wiphy)); + + /* Before */ + nl_freq = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE); + if (!nl_freq) + goto nla_put_failure; + if (nl80211_msg_put_channel(msg, channel_before)) + goto nla_put_failure; + nla_nest_end(msg, nl_freq); + + /* After */ + nl_freq = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER); + if (!nl_freq) + goto nla_put_failure; + if (nl80211_msg_put_channel(msg, channel_after)) + goto nla_put_failure; + nla_nest_end(msg, nl_freq); + + if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0) { + nlmsg_free(msg); + return; + } + + genlmsg_multicast(msg, 0, nl80211_regulatory_mcgrp.id, GFP_ATOMIC); + + return; + +nla_put_failure: + genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr); + nlmsg_free(msg); +} + /* initialisation/exit functions */ int nl80211_init(void) diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.h b/net/wireless/nl80211.h index e4b92cccd15..b3aaa59afa0 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.h +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.h @@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ nl80211_michael_mic_failure(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, enum nl80211_key_type key_type, int key_id, const u8 *tsc); +extern void +nl80211_send_beacon_hint_event(struct wiphy *wiphy, + struct ieee80211_channel *channel_before, + struct ieee80211_channel *channel_after); + #endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_NL80211_H */ diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c index 4af4304cec3..574e217bcc8 100644 --- a/net/wireless/reg.c +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c @@ -1049,18 +1049,10 @@ static void handle_reg_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy, unsigned int chan_idx, struct reg_beacon *reg_beacon) { -#ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG -#define REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG(desc) \ - printk(KERN_DEBUG "cfg80211: Enabling " desc " on " \ - "frequency: %d MHz (Ch %d) on %s\n", \ - reg_beacon->chan.center_freq, \ - ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(reg_beacon->chan.center_freq), \ - wiphy_name(wiphy)); -#else -#define REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG(desc) do {} while (0) -#endif struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband; struct ieee80211_channel *chan; + bool channel_changed = false; + struct ieee80211_channel chan_before; assert_cfg80211_lock(); @@ -1070,20 +1062,28 @@ static void handle_reg_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy, if (likely(chan->center_freq != reg_beacon->chan.center_freq)) return; + if (chan->beacon_found) + return; + + chan->beacon_found = true; + + chan_before.center_freq = chan->center_freq; + chan_before.flags = chan->flags; + if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN) && !(chan->orig_flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN)) { chan->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN; - REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG("active scanning"); + channel_changed = true; } if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS) && !(chan->orig_flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)) { chan->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS; - REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG("beaconing"); + channel_changed = true; } - chan->beacon_found = true; -#undef REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG + if (channel_changed) + nl80211_send_beacon_hint_event(wiphy, &chan_before, chan); } /* |