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2009-06-03nl80211: use GFP_ATOMIC for michael mic failure messageBob Copeland
nl80211_michael_mic_failure can be called in atomic context but does a GFP_KERNEL allocation. Fixes the error below: [ 126.793225] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:3055 [ 126.793234] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 0, name: swapper [ 126.793241] 2 locks held by swapper/0: [ 126.793246] #0: (&sc->rxbuflock){+.-.+.}, at: [<f94e1b46>] ath5k_tasklet_rx+0x34/0x55e [ath5k] [ 126.793294] #1: (rcu_read_lock){.+.+.+}, at: [<f92872f3>] __ieee80211_rx+0x7e/0x563 [mac80211] [ 126.793342] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30-rc7-wl #124 [ 126.793347] Call Trace: [ 126.793361] [<c014499d>] ? __debug_show_held_locks+0x1e/0x20 [ 126.793380] [<c011e9a3>] __might_sleep+0x100/0x107 [ 126.793386] [<c018ea99>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x35/0x170 [ 126.793393] [<c02e8bb1>] ? __alloc_skb+0x2e/0x117 [ 126.793397] [<c014517d>] ? mark_held_locks+0x43/0x5b [ 126.793402] [<c02e8bb1>] __alloc_skb+0x2e/0x117 [ 126.793419] [<f851a836>] nl80211_michael_mic_failure+0x2a/0x1fa [cfg80211] [ 126.793425] [<c01453b8>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xf6/0x130 [ 126.793430] [<c01453fd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd [ 126.793444] [<f851b2b8>] cfg80211_michael_mic_failure+0x30/0x38 [cfg80211] [ 126.793463] [<f928bf69>] mac80211_ev_michael_mic_failure+0xfd/0x108 [mac80211] [ 126.793480] [<f9279fbd>] ieee80211_rx_h_michael_mic_verify+0xd4/0x117 [mac80211] [ 126.793499] [<f9285ef3>] ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers+0xdde/0x1963 [mac80211] [ 126.793505] [<c0107152>] ? sched_clock+0x3f/0x64 [ 126.793511] [<c0107152>] ? sched_clock+0x3f/0x64 [ 126.793516] [<c01445d7>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0xd [ 126.793521] [<c0107152>] ? sched_clock+0x3f/0x64 [ 126.793526] [<c0146454>] ? __lock_acquire+0x62c/0x1271 [ 126.793545] [<f9286fbb>] __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet+0x543/0x564 [mac80211] [ 126.793564] [<f9287757>] __ieee80211_rx+0x4e2/0x563 [mac80211] [ 126.793577] [<f94e1ff6>] ath5k_tasklet_rx+0x4e4/0x55e [ath5k] [ 126.793583] [<c0102b54>] ? restore_nocheck_notrace+0x0/0xe [ 126.793589] [<c0129aa2>] tasklet_action+0x92/0xe5 [ 126.793594] [<c0129f22>] __do_softirq+0xb1/0x182 [ 126.793599] [<c012a023>] do_softirq+0x30/0x48 [ 126.793603] [<c012a19b>] irq_exit+0x3d/0x74 [ 126.793609] [<c0358016>] do_IRQ+0x76/0x8c [ 126.793613] [<c010312e>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34 [ 126.793618] [<c014007b>] ? timer_list_show+0x277/0x939 [ 126.793630] [<f88eb321>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x266/0x291 [processor] [ 126.793636] [<c02d00f6>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x6a/0x9c [ 126.793640] [<c0101cc8>] cpu_idle+0x53/0x87 [ 126.793645] [<c0344510>] rest_init+0x6c/0x6e [ 126.793651] [<c04dd74d>] start_kernel+0x286/0x28b [ 126.793656] [<c04dd037>] __init_begin+0x37/0x3c Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-06-03cfg80211: disallow interfering with stations on non-AP (part 2)Johannes Berg
On non-AP interfaces userspace has no business interfering with the station management, this can confuse mac80211 (and other drivers probably wouldn't support it anyway). Allow adding and removing stations only on AP interfaces. (Reconcile this w/ previous version of patch posted with same subject... -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-06-03nl80211: bounce scan request back to userspaceJohannes Berg
When a scan finishes only the program that asked for it knows what kind of scan it was; let's tell everybody else about the scan parameters as well so they can evaluate the result of the scan better. Also helps with debugging. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-06-03cfg80211: validate AID of stations being addedJohannes Berg
We have some validation code in mac80211 but said code will force an invalid AID to 0 which isn't a valid AID either; instead require a valid AID (1-2007) to be passed in from userspace in cfg80211 already. Also move the code before the race comment since it can only be executed during STA addition and thus is not racy. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-26nl80211: Eliminate reference to BUS_ID_SIZE.David S. Miller
It's going away. Just leave the constant "20" here so that behavior doesn't change. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-25Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2009-05-21wireless: Use genl_register_family_with_ops()Michał Mirosław
Use genl_register_family_with_ops() instead of a copy. Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-20cfg80211: fix in nl80211_set_reg()Luis R. Rodriguez
There is a race on access to last_request and its alpha2 through reg_is_valid_request() and us possibly processing first another regulatory request on another CPU. We avoid this improbably race by locking with the cfg80211_mutex as we should have done in the first place. While at it add the assert on locking on reg_is_valid_request(). Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-20cfg80211: cleanup return calls on nl80211_set_reg()Luis R. Rodriguez
This has no functional change, but it will make the race fix easier to spot in my next patch. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-20cfg80211: return immediately if num reg rules > NL80211_MAX_SUPP_REG_RULESLuis R. Rodriguez
This has no functional change except we save a kfree(rd) and allows us to clean this code up a bit after this. We do avoid an unnecessary kfree(NULL) but calling that was OK too. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-20nl80211: Validate NL80211_ATTR_KEY_SEQ lengthJouni Malinen
Validate RSC (NL80211_ATTR_KEY_SEQ) length in nl80211/cfg80211 instead of having to do this in all the drivers. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-20cfg80211: check allowed channel type upon userspace requestsLuis R. Rodriguez
Thanks to nl80211 userspace can be very specific upon device configuration. Before processing the request for the new HT40 channel types (HT40- or HT40+) we need to ensure we can use them regulatory-wise. This wasn't required with wireless extensions as specifying the channel type wasn't not available and configuration was done towards the end implicitly upon association or reception of beacons from the AP. For the new nl80211 we have to check this when configuring the interfaces explicitly. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-19net: use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE in nlmsg_new() allocationsPablo Neira Ayuso
nlmsg_new() adds the size of the netlink header to the value that has been passed as parameter. If NLMSG_GOODSIZE is selected, we request an allocation of one memory page plus the size of the header. Instead, NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE should be used since it already substracts the size of the Netlink header. I have the impression that the similar naming in both constant is error prone when using it with nlmsg_new(). This is already documented in include/net/netlink.h Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-13nl80211: Add RSC configuration for new keysJouni Malinen
When setting a key with NL80211_CMD_NEW_KEY, we should allow the key sequence number (RSC) to be set in order to allow replay protection to work correctly for group keys. This patch documents this use for nl80211 and adds the couple of missing pieces in nl80211/cfg80211 and mac80211 to support this. In addition, WEXT SIOCSIWENCODEEXT compat processing in cfg80211 is extended to handle the RSC (this was already specified in WEXT, but just not implemented in cfg80211/mac80211). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-13nl80211: Add IEEE 802.1X PAE control for station modeJouni Malinen
Add a new NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT flag for NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE to allow user space to indicate that it will control the IEEE 802.1X port in station mode. Previously, mac80211 was always marking the port authorized in station mode. This was enough when drop_unencrypted flag was set. However, drop_unencrypted can currently be controlled only with WEXT and the current nl80211 design does not allow fully secure configuration. Fix this by providing a mechanism for user space to control the IEEE 802.1X port in station mode (i.e., do the same that we are already doing in AP mode). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-13nl80211: improve station flags handlingJohannes Berg
It is currently not possible to modify station flags, but that capability would be very useful. This patch introduces a new nl80211 attribute that contains a set/mask for station flags, and updates the internal API (and mac80211) to mirror that. The new attribute is parsed before falling back to the old so that userspace can specify both (if it can) to work on all kernels. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-13nl80211: Validate MFP flag type when parsing STA flagsJouni Malinen
NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP was forgotten from sta_flags_policy. The previous version added the flag due to the loop used in parse_station_flags, but the proper behavior would be to allow nla_parse_nested() to go through the policy for all flags. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-13cfg80211: implement wext key handlingJohannes Berg
Move key handling wireless extension ioctls from mac80211 to cfg80211 so that all drivers that implement the cfg80211 operations get wext compatibility. Note that this drops the SIOCGIWENCODE ioctl support for getting IW_ENCODE_RESTRICTED/IW_ENCODE_OPEN. This means that iwconfig will no longer report "Security mode:open" or "Security mode:restricted" for mac80211. However, what we displayed there (the authentication algo used) was actually wrong -- linux/wireless.h states that this setting is meant to differentiate between "Refuse non-encoded packets" and "Accept non-encoded packets". (Combined with "cfg80211: fix a couple of bugs with key ioctls". -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11cfg80211: disallow interfering with stations on non-APJohannes Berg
On non-AP interfaces userspace has no business interfering with the station management, this can confuse mac80211 (and other drivers probably wouldn't support it anyway). Allow adding and removing stations only on AP interfaces. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11nl80211 : Add support for configuring MFPJouni Malinen
NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE request must be able to indicate whether management frame protection (IEEE 802.11w) is being used. mac80211 was able to use MFP in client mode only with WEXT, but the new NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP attribute will allow this to be done with nl80211, too. Since we are currently using nl80211 for MFP only with drivers that use user space SME, only MFP disabled and required values are used. However, the NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP attribute is an enum that can be extended with MFP optional in the future, if that is needed with some drivers (e.g., if the RSN IE is generated by the driver). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-06cfg80211: make nl80211_send_mlme_timeout() staticLuis R. Rodriguez
Fixes sparse complaint: CHECK net/wireless/nl80211.c net/wireless/nl80211.c:3694:6: warning: symbol 'nl80211_send_mlme_timeout' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: Add event for authentication/association timeoutJouni Malinen
SME needs to be notified when the authentication or association attempt times out and MLME has stopped processing in order to allow the SME to decide what to do next. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: allow configuring IBSS beacon intervalJohannes Berg
Make the JOIN_IBSS command look at the beacon interval attribute to see if the user requested a specific beacon interval, if not default to 100 TU (wext too). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22cfg80211: clear WEXT SSID when clearing IBSSJohannes Berg
When we leave an IBSS, we should clear the SSID and not just the BSSID, but since WEXT allows configuring while the interface is down we must not clear it when leaving due to taking the iface down, so some complications are needed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: Add set/get for frag/rts threshold and retry limitsJouni Malinen
Add new nl80211 attributes that can be used with NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY and NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY to manage fragmentation/RTS threshold and retry limits. Since these values are stored in struct wiphy, remove the local copy from mac80211 where feasible (frag & rts threshold). The retry limits are currently needed in struct ieee80211_conf, but these could be eventually removed since the driver should have access to the values in struct wiphy. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22cfg80211/nl80211: add IBSS APIJohannes Berg
This adds IBSS API along with (preliminary) wext handlers. The wext handlers can only do IBSS so you need to call them from your own wext handlers if the mode is IBSS. The nl80211 API requires * an SSID * a channel (frequency) for the case that a new IBSS has to be created It optionally supports * a flag to fix the channel * a fixed BSSID The cfg80211 code also takes care to leave the IBSS before the netdev is set down. If wireless extensions are used, it also caches values when the interface is down and instructs the driver to join when the interface is set up. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: send wiphy along with netdevJohannes Berg
When listing all wireless netdevs in the system this is useful to print which wiphy they belong to. Just add the attribute, any program that doesn't care will just ignore it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22cfg80211: add cipher capabilitiesJohannes Berg
This adds the necessary code and fields to let drivers specify their cipher capabilities and exports them to userspace. Also update mac80211 to export the ciphers it has. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22cfg80211: send regulatory beacon hint events to userspaceLuis R. Rodriguez
This informs userspace when a change has occured on a world roaming wiphy's channel which has lifted some restrictions due to a regulatory beacon hint. Because this is now sent to userspace through the regulatory multicast group we remove the debug prints we used to use as they are no longer necessary. Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22cfg80211: add netlink channel put helperLuis R. Rodriguez
This adds a netlink channel put helper, nl80211_msg_put_channel(), which we will also make use of later for the beacon hints events. Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22mac80211: pass all probe request IEs to driverJohannes Berg
Instead of just passing the cfg80211-requested IEs, pass the locally generated ones as well. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22cfg80211: introduce scan IE limit attributeJohannes Berg
This patch introduces a new attribute for a wiphy that tells userspace how long the information elements added to a probe request frame can be at most. It also updates the at76 to advertise that it cannot support that, and, for now until I can fix that, iwlwifi too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: Add Michael MIC failure eventJouni Malinen
Define a new nl80211 event, NL80211_CMD_MICHAEL_MIC_FAILURE, to be used to notify user space about locally detected Michael MIC failures. This matches with the MLME-MICHAELMICFAILURE.indication() primitive. Since we do not actually have TSC in the skb anymore when mac80211_ev_michael_mic_failure() is called, that function is changed to take in the TSC as an optional parameter instead of as a requirement to include the TSC after the hdr field (which we did not really follow). For now, TSC is not included in the events from mac80211, but it could be added at some point. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: Generate deauth/disassoc event for locally generated framesJouni Malinen
Previously, nl80211 mlme events were generated only for received deauthentication and disassociation frames. We need to do the same for locally generated ones in order to let applications know that we disconnected (e.g., when AP does not reply to a probe). Rename the nl80211 and cfg80211 functions (s/rx_//) to make it clearer that they are used for both received and locally generated frames. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: Require auth type for NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATEJouni Malinen
NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE is a required parameter for NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE. We are currently (by chance) defaulting to open system authentication if the attribute is not specified. It is better to just reject the invalid command. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-22nl80211: validate some input betterJohannes Berg
This patch changes nl80211 to: * validate that any IE input is a valid IE (stream) * move some validation code before locking * require that a reason code is given for both deauth/disassoc Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-04-20nl80211: Make nl80211_send_mlme_event() atomicJouni Malinen
One of the code paths sending deauth/disassoc events ends up calling this function with rcu_read_lock held, so we must use GFP_ATOMIC in allocation routines. Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27cfg80211: fix locking in nl80211_set_wiphyJohannes Berg
Luis reports that there's a circular locking dependency; this is because cfg80211_dev_rename() will acquire the cfg80211_mutex while the device mutex is held, while this normally is done the other way around. The solution is to open-code the device-getting in nl80211_set_wiphy and require holding the mutex around cfg80211_dev_rename rather than acquiring it within. Also fix a bug -- rtnl locking is expected by drivers so we need to provide it. Reported-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27cfg80211: accept no-op interface mode changesJohannes Berg
When somebody tries to set the interface mode to the existing mode, don't ask the driver but silently accept the setting. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: Check iftype in cfg80211 codeJouni Malinen
We do not want to require all the drivers using cfg80211 to need to do this. In addition, make the error values consistent by using EOPNOTSUPP instead of semi-random assortment of errno values. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: Check that netif_runnin is true in cfg80211 codeJouni Malinen
We do not want to require all the drivers using cfg80211 to need to do this or to be prepared to handle these commands when the interface is down. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: Add more through validation of MLME command parametersJouni Malinen
Check that the used authentication type and reason code are valid here so that drivers/mac80211 do not need to care about this. In addition, remove the unnecessary validation of SSID attribute length which is taken care of by netlink policy. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: Remove NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IEJouni Malinen
The functionality that NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE provided can now be achieved with cleaner design by adding IE(s) into NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN, NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE, NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE, NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE, and NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE. Since this is a very recently added command and there are no known (or known planned) applications using NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE and taken into account how much extra complexity it adds to the IE processing we have now (and need to add in the future to fix IE order in couple of frames), it looks like the best option is to just remove the implementation of this command for now. The enum values themselves are left to avoid changing the nl80211 command or attribute numbers. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: Add MLME primitives to support external SMEJouni Malinen
This patch adds new nl80211 commands to allow user space to request authentication and association (and also deauthentication and disassociation). The commands are structured to allow separate authentication and association steps, i.e., the interface between kernel and user space is similar to the MLME SAP interface in IEEE 802.11 standard and an user space application takes the role of the SME. The patch introduces MLME-AUTHENTICATE.request, MLME-{,RE}ASSOCIATE.request, MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.request, and MLME-DISASSOCIATE.request primitives. The authentication and association commands request the actual operations in two steps (assuming the driver supports this; if not, separate authentication step is skipped; this could end up being a separate "connect" command). The initial implementation for mac80211 uses the current net/mac80211/mlme.c for actual sending and processing of management frames and the new nl80211 commands will just stop the current state machine from moving automatically from authentication to association. Future cleanup may move more of the MLME operations into cfg80211. The goal of this design is to provide more control of authentication and association process to user space without having to move the full MLME implementation. This should be enough to allow IEEE 802.11r FT protocol and 802.11s SAE authentication to be implemented. Obviously, this will also bring the extra benefit of not having to use WEXT for association requests with mac80211. An example implementation of a user space SME using the new nl80211 commands is available for wpa_supplicant. This patch is enough to get IEEE 802.11r FT protocol working with over-the-air mechanism (over-the-DS will need additional MLME primitives for handling the FT Action frames). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: Event notifications for MLME eventsJouni Malinen
Add new nl80211 event notifications (and a new multicast group, "mlme") for informing user space about received and processed Authentication, (Re)Association Response, Deauthentication, and Disassociation frames in station and IBSS modes (i.e., MLME SAP interface primitives MLME-AUTHENTICATE.confirm, MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm, MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm, MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indicate, and MLME-DISASSOCIATE.indication). The event data is encapsulated as the 802.11 management frame since we already have the frame in that format and it includes all the needed information. This is the initial step in providing MLME SAP interface for authentication and association with nl80211. In other words, kernel code will act as the MLME and a user space application can control it as the SME. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: rework lockingJohannes Berg
When I added scanning to cfg80211, we got a lock dependency like this: rtnl --> cfg80211_mtx nl80211, on the other hand, has the reverse lock dependency: cfg80211_mtx --> rtnl which clearly is a bad idea. This patch reworks nl80211 to take these two locks in the other order to fix the possible, and easily triggerable, deadlock. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27nl80211: export supported commandsJohannes Berg
This makes nl80211 export the supported commands (command groups) per wiphy so userspace has an idea what it can do -- this will be required reading for userspace when we introduce auth/assoc /or/ connect for older hardware that cannot separate auth and assoc. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-23Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
2009-03-20nl80211: Check that function pointer != NULL before using itJouni Malinen
NL80211_CMD_GET_MESH_PARAMS and NL80211_CMD_SET_MESH_PARAMS handlers did not verify whether a function pointer is NULL (not supported by the driver) before trying to call the function. The former nl80211 command is available for unprivileged users, too, so this can potentially allow normal users to kill networking (or worse..) if mac80211 is built without CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH=y. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-16cfg80211: add regulatory netlink multicast groupLuis R. Rodriguez
This allows us to send to userspace "regulatory" events. For now we just send an event when we change regulatory domains. We also notify userspace when devices are using their own custom world roaming regulatory domains. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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