linux.git/net/mac80211/tx.c, branch v5.4

nl80211: add 6GHz band definition to enum nl80211_band

2019-08-21T08:50:20+00:00

In the 802.11ax specification a new band is introduced, which
is also proposed by FCC for unlicensed use. This band is referred
to as 6GHz spanning frequency range from 5925 to 7125 MHz.

Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts 
Reviewed-by: Leon Zegers 
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1564745465-21234-2-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: propagate struct ieee80211_tx_status into ieee80211_tx_monitor()

2019-07-26T11:41:45+00:00

This will allow use to report HE rates on the radiotap interface.

Signed-off-by: John Crispin 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190714154419.11854-3-john@phrozen.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add tx dequeue function for process context

2019-07-26T11:23:19+00:00

Since ieee80211_tx_dequeue() must not be called with softirqs enabled
(i.e. from process context without proper disable of bottom halves),
we add a wrapper that disables bottom halves before calling
ieee80211_tx_dequeue()

The new function is named ieee80211_tx_dequeue_ni() just as all other
from-process-context versions found in mac80211.

The documentation of ieee80211_tx_dequeue() is also updated so it
mentions that the function should not be called from process context.

Signed-off-by: Erik Stromdahl 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190617200140.6189-1-erik.stromdahl@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500

2019-06-19T15:09:55+00:00

Based on 2 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation #

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 4122 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Reviewed-by: Enrico Weigelt 
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart 
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal 
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190604081206.933168790@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge tag 'mac80211-next-for-davem-2019-04-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-next

2019-04-26T20:05:52+00:00

Johannes Berg says:

====================
Various updates, notably:
 * extended key ID support (from 802.11-2016)
 * per-STA TX power control support
 * mac80211 TX performance improvements
 * HE (802.11ax) updates
 * mesh link probing support
 * enhancements of multi-BSSID support (also related to HE)
 * OWE userspace processing support
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

mac80211: probe unexercised mesh links

2019-04-26T11:02:11+00:00

The requirement for mesh link metric refreshing, is that from one
mesh point we be able to send some data frames to other mesh points
which are not currently selected as a primary traffic path, but which
are only 1 hop away. The absence of the primary path to the chosen node
makes it necessary to apply some form of marking on a chosen packet
stream so that the packets can be properly steered to the selected node
for testing, and not by the regular mesh path lookup.

Tested-by: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu 
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add option for setting control flags

2019-04-26T11:02:11+00:00

Allows setting of control flags of skb cb - if needed -
when calling ieee80211_subif_start_xmit().

Tested-by: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu 
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: debugfs option to force TX status frames

2019-04-26T11:02:11+00:00

At Technical University of Munich we use MAC 802.11 TX status frames to
perform several measurements in MAC 802.11 setups.

With ath based drivers this was possible until commit d94a461d7a7df6
("ath9k: use ieee80211_tx_status_noskb where possible") as the driver
ignored the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS flag and always delivered
tx_status frames. Since that commit, this behavior was changed and the
driver now adheres to IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS.

Due to performance reasons, IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS is not set for
data frames from interfaces in managed mode. Hence, frames that are sent
from a managed mode interface do never deliver tx_status frames. This
remains true even if a monitor mode interface (the measurement interface)
is added to the same ieee80211 physical device. Thus, there is no
possibility for receiving tx_status frames for frames sent on an interface
in managed mode, if the driver adheres to IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS.

In order to force delivery of tx_status frames for research and debugging
purposes, implement a debugfs option force_tx_status for ieee80211 physical
devices. When this option is set for a physical device,
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS is enabled in all packets sent from that
device. This option can be set via
/sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211//force_tx_status. The default is disabled.

Co-developed-by: Charlie Groh 
Signed-off-by: Charlie Groh 
Signed-off-by: Julius Niedworok 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: when using iTXQ, select the queue in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit

2019-04-26T11:02:11+00:00

When using iTXQ, the network stack does not need the real queue number, since
mac80211 is using its internal queues anyway. In that case we can defer
selecting the queue and remove a redundant station lookup in the tx path to save
some CPU cycles.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: IEEE 802.11 Extended Key ID support

2019-04-26T11:02:11+00:00

Add support for Extended Key ID as defined in IEEE 802.11-2016.

 - Implement the nl80211 API for Extended Key ID
 - Extend mac80211 API to allow drivers to support Extended Key ID
 - Enable Extended Key ID by default for drivers only supporting SW
   crypto (e.g. mac80211_hwsim)
 - Allow unicast Tx usage to be supressed (IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_NO_AUTO_TX)
 - Select the decryption key based on the MPDU keyid
 - Enforce existing assumptions in the code that rekeys don't change the
   cipher

Signed-off-by: Alexander Wetzel 
[remove module parameter]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg