linux-stable.git/net/wireless/core.h, branch linux-4.3.y

cfg80211: allow mgmt_frame_register callback to sleep

2015-07-17T13:38:26+00:00

This callback is currently not allowed to sleep, which makes it more
difficult to implement proper driver methods in mac80211 than it has
to be. Instead of doing asynchronous work here in mac80211, make it
possible for the callback to sleep by doing some asynchronous work
in cfg80211. This also enables improvements to other drivers, like
ath6kl, that would like to sleep in this callback.

While at it, also fix the code to call the driver on the implicit
unregistration when an interface is removed, and do that also when
a P2P-Device wdev is destroyed (otherwise we leak the structs.)

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: properly send NL80211_ATTR_DISCONNECTED_BY_AP in disconnect

2015-05-26T13:21:27+00:00

When we disconnect from the AP, drivers call cfg80211_disconnect().
This doesn't know whether the disconnection was initiated locally
or by the AP though, which can cause problems with the supplicant,
for example with WPS. This issue obviously doesn't show up with any
mac80211 based driver since mac80211 doesn't call this function.

Fix this by requiring drivers to indicate whether the disconnect is
locally generated or not. I've tried to update the drivers, but may
not have gotten the values correct, and some drivers may currently
not be able to report correct values. In case of doubt I left it at
false, which is the current behaviour.

For libertas, make adjustments as indicated by Dan Williams.

Reported-by: Matthieu Mauger 
Tested-by: Matthieu Mauger 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

nl80211: Stop scheduled scan if netlink client disappears

2014-12-18T13:38:44+00:00

An attribute NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER can be set by the scan initiator.
If present, the attribute will cause the scan to be stopped if the client
dies.

Signed-off-by: Jukka Rissanen 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

nl80211: Convert sched_scan_req pointer to RCU pointer

2014-12-18T13:38:09+00:00

Because of possible races when accessing sched_scan_req pointer in
rdev, the sched_scan_req is converted to RCU pointer.

Signed-off-by: Jukka Rissanen 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: allow wiphy specific regdomain management

2014-12-17T10:49:55+00:00

Add a new regulatory flag that allows a driver to manage regdomain
changes/updates for its own wiphy.
A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from
the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like
beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same
system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory
hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several
devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be
contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is
generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible
with non-locally originated hints.

A new API lets the driver send a complete regdomain, to be applied on
its wiphy only.

After a wiphy-specific regdomain change takes place, usermode will get
a new type of change notification. The regulatory core also takes care
enforce regulatory restrictions, in case some interfaces are on
forbidden channels.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Doron 
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov 
Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: add wowlan net-detect support

2014-11-19T17:45:45+00:00

Add a new WoWLAN API to enable net-detect as a wake up trigger.
Net-detect allows the device to scan in the background while the
host is asleep to wake up the host system when a matching network
is found.

Reuse the scheduled scan attributes to specify how the scan is
performed while suspended and the matches that will trigger a
wake event.

Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: 802.11p OCB mode handling

2014-11-04T12:18:17+00:00

This patch adds new iface type (NL80211_IFTYPE_OCB) representing
the OCB (Outside the Context of a BSS) mode.
When establishing a connection to the network a cfg80211_join_ocb
function is called (particular nl80211_command is added as well).
A mandatory parameters during the ocb_join operation are 'center
frequency' and 'channel width (5/10 MHz)'.

Changes done in mac80211 are minimal possible required to avoid
many warnings (warning: enumeration value 'NL80211_IFTYPE_OCB'
not handled in switch) during compilation. Full functionality
(where needed) is added in the following patch.

Signed-off-by: Rostislav Lisovy 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: fix elapsed_jiffies calculation

2014-06-23T09:29:25+00:00

MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET has no meaning when calculating the
elapsed jiffies, as jiffies run out until ULONG_MAX.

This miscalculation results in erroneous values
in case of a wrap-around.

Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: export interface stopping function

2014-05-06T13:16:34+00:00

This exports a new cfg80211_stop_iface() function.

This is intended for driver internal interface
combination management and channel switching.

Due to locking issues (it re-enters driver) the
call is asynchronous and uses cfg80211 event
list/worker.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: change wiphy_to_dev function name

2014-04-25T15:33:04+00:00

Name wiphy_to_rdev is more accurate to describe what the function
does, i.e., return a pointer pointing to struct
cfg80211_registered_device.

Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg