linux-stable.git/net/mac80211/util.c, branch linux-3.9.y

mac80211: work around broken APs not including HT info

2013-07-03T17:55:37+00:00

commit 35d865afbbdf79e492f7d61df92b1a9e1d93d26f upstream.

There are some APs, notably 2G/3G/4G Wifi routers, specifically the
"Onda PN51T", "Vodafone PocketWiFi 2", "ZTE MF60" and a similar
T-Mobile branded device [1] that erroneously don't include all the
needed information in (re)association response frames. Work around
this by assuming the information is the same as it was in the
beacon or probe response and using the data from there instead.

This fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58881.

[1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1277305

Note that this requires marking the first ieee802_11_parse_elems()
argument const, otherwise we'd get a compiler warning.

Reported-and-tested-by: Michal Zajac 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mac80211: constify IE parsing

2013-02-15T08:41:39+00:00

Make all the parsed IE pointers const, and propagate
the change to all the users etc.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: handle operating mode notif in beacon/assoc response

2013-02-15T08:41:34+00:00

In beacons and association response frames an AP may include an
operating mode notification element to advertise changes in the
number of spatial streams it can receive. Handle this using the
existing function that handles the action frame, but only handle
NSS changes, not bandwidth changes which aren't allowed here.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: don't pick up WPA vendor IE

2013-02-15T08:41:12+00:00

There's no use for it, WPA is entirely handled in
wpa_supplicant in userspace, so don't pick the IE.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add radar detection command/event

2013-02-15T08:41:04+00:00

Add command to trigger radar detection in the driver/FW.
Once radar detection is started it should continuously
monitor for radars as long as the channel active.
If radar is detected usermode notified with 'radar
detected' event.

Scanning and remain on channel functionality must be disabled
while doing radar detection/scanning, and vice versa.

Based on original patch by Victor Goldenshtein 

Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: mesh power save basics

2013-02-04T17:57:47+00:00

Add routines to
- maintain a PS mode for each peer and a non-peer PS mode
- indicate own PS mode in transmitted frames
- track neighbor STAs power modes
- buffer frames when neighbors are in PS mode
- add TIM and Awake Window IE to beacons
- release frames in Mesh Peer Service Periods

Add local_pm to sta_info to represent the link-specific power
mode at this station towards the remote station. When a peer
link is established, use the default power mode stored in mesh
config. Update the PS status if the peering status of a neighbor
changes.
Maintain a mesh power mode for non-peer mesh STAs. Set the
non-peer power mode to active mode during peering. Authenticated
mesh peering is currently not working when either node is
configured to be in power save mode.

Indicate the current power mode in transmitted frames. Use QoS
Nulls to indicate mesh power mode transitions.
For performance reasons, calls to the function setting the frame
flags are placed in HWMP routing routines, as there the STA
pointer is already available.

Add peer_pm to sta_info to represent the peer's link-specific
power mode towards the local station. Add nonpeer_pm to
represent the peer's power mode towards all non-peer stations.
Track power modes based on received frames.

Add the ps_data structure to ieee80211_if_mesh (for TIM map, PS
neighbor counter and group-addressed frame buffer).

Set WLAN_STA_PS flag for STA in PS mode to use the unicast frame
buffering routines in the tx path. Update num_sta_ps to buffer
and release group-addressed frames after DTIM beacons.

Announce the awake window duration in beacons if in light or
deep sleep mode towards any peer or non-peer. Create a TIM IE
similarly to AP mode and add it to mesh beacons. Parse received
Awake Window IEs and check TIM IEs for buffered frames.

Release frames towards peers in mesh Peer Service Periods. Use
the corresponding trigger frames and monitor the MPSP status.
Append a QoS Null as trigger frame if neccessary to properly end
the MPSP. Currently, in HT channels MPSPs behave imperfectly and
show large delay spikes and frame losses.

Signed-off-by: Marco Porsch 
Signed-off-by: Ivan Bezyazychnyy 
Signed-off-by: Mike Krinkin 
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: start auth/assoc timeout on frame status

2013-01-31T13:28:43+00:00

When sending authentication/association frames they
might take a bit of time to go out because we may
have to synchronise with the AP, in particular in
the case where it's really a P2P GO. In this case
the 200ms fixed timeout could potentially be too
short if the beacon interval is relatively large.

For drivers that report TX status we can do better.
Instead of starting the timeout directly, start it
only when the frame status arrives. Since then the
frame was out on the air, we can wait shorter (the
typical response time is supposed to be 30ms, wait
100ms.) Also, if the frame failed to be transmitted
try again right away instead of waiting.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: inform the driver about update of dtim_period

2013-01-31T13:05:38+00:00

Currently, when the driver requires the DTIM period,
mac80211 will wait to hear a beacon before association.
This behavior is suboptimal since some drivers may be
able to deal with knowing the DTIM period after the
association, if they get it at all.

To address this, notify the drivers with bss_info_changed
with the new BSS_CHANGED_DTIM_PERIOD flag when the DTIM
becomes known. This might be when changing to associated,
or later when the entire association was done with only
probe response information.

Rename the hardware flag for the current behaviour to
IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_BEFORE_ASSOC to more accurately
reflect its behaviour. IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD is
no longer accurate as all drivers get the DTIM period
now, just not before association.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: call restart complete at wowlan resume time

2013-01-16T14:19:01+00:00

When the driver's resume function can't completely
restore the configuration in the device, it returns
1 from the callback which will be treated like a HW
restart request, but done directly.

In this case, also call the driver's restart_complete()
function so it can finish the reconfiguration there.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: fix resume from WoWLAN

2013-01-16T14:18:37+00:00

My commit 529ba6e9313dbe60dab7e72c6fdf647a012e9f5b
("mac80211: clean up association better in suspend")
introduced a bug when resuming from WoWLAN when a
device reset is desired. This case must not use the
suspend_bss_conf as it hasn't been stored.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg