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<title>nl80211: rework {sched_,}scan event related functions</title>
<updated>2016-12-16T12:32:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arend Van Spriel</name>
<email>arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-12-16T11:21:54+00:00</published>
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A couple of functions used with scan events were named with
term "send" although they were only preparing the the event
message so renamed those.

Also remove nl80211_send_sched_scan_results() in favor of
just calling nl80211_send_sched_scan() with the right value.

Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel &lt;arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com&gt;
[mention nl80211_send_sched_scan_results() in the commit log]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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A couple of functions used with scan events were named with
term "send" although they were only preparing the the event
message so renamed those.

Also remove nl80211_send_sched_scan_results() in favor of
just calling nl80211_send_sched_scan() with the right value.

Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel &lt;arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com&gt;
[mention nl80211_send_sched_scan_results() in the commit log]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cfg80211: limit scan results cache size</title>
<updated>2016-11-18T07:44:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-11-15T11:05:11+00:00</published>
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It's possible to make scanning consume almost arbitrary amounts
of memory, e.g. by sending beacon frames with random BSSIDs at
high rates while somebody is scanning.

Limit the number of BSS table entries we're willing to cache to
1000, limiting maximum memory usage to maybe 4-5MB, but lower
in practice - that would be the case for having both full-sized
beacon and probe response frames for each entry; this seems not
possible in practice, so a limit of 1000 entries will likely be
closer to 0.5 MB.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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It's possible to make scanning consume almost arbitrary amounts
of memory, e.g. by sending beacon frames with random BSSIDs at
high rates while somebody is scanning.

Limit the number of BSS table entries we're willing to cache to
1000, limiting maximum memory usage to maybe 4-5MB, but lower
in practice - that would be the case for having both full-sized
beacon and probe response frames for each entry; this seems not
possible in practice, so a limit of 1000 entries will likely be
closer to 0.5 MB.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cfg80211: add helper to find an IE that matches a byte-array</title>
<updated>2016-09-16T12:49:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Luca Coelho</name>
<email>luciano.coelho@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-09-15T15:15:09+00:00</published>
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There are a few places where an IE that matches not only the EID, but
also other bytes inside the element, needs to be found.  To simplify
that and reduce the amount of similar code, implement a new helper
function to match the EID and an extra array of bytes.

Additionally, simplify cfg80211_find_vendor_ie() by using the new
match function.

Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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There are a few places where an IE that matches not only the EID, but
also other bytes inside the element, needs to be found.  To simplify
that and reduce the amount of similar code, implement a new helper
function to match the EID and an extra array of bytes.

Additionally, simplify cfg80211_find_vendor_ie() by using the new
match function.

Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>nl80211: support beacon report scanning</title>
<updated>2016-07-06T12:51:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Avraham Stern</name>
<email>avraham.stern@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-07-05T14:10:13+00:00</published>
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Beacon report radio measurement requires reporting observed BSSs
on the channels specified in the beacon request. If the measurement
mode is set to passive or active, it requires actually performing a
scan (passive or active, accordingly), and reporting the time that
the scan was started and the time each beacon/probe was received
(both in terms of TSF of the BSS of the requesting AP). If the
request mode is table, this information is optional.
In addition, the radio measurement request specifies the channel
dwell time for the measurement.

In order to use scan for beacon report when the mode is active or
passive, add a parameter to scan request that specifies the
channel dwell time, and add scan start time and beacon received time
to scan results information.

Supporting beacon report is required for Multi Band Operation (MBO).

Signed-off-by: Assaf Krauss &lt;assaf.krauss@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Spinadel &lt;david.spinadel@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern &lt;avraham.stern@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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Beacon report radio measurement requires reporting observed BSSs
on the channels specified in the beacon request. If the measurement
mode is set to passive or active, it requires actually performing a
scan (passive or active, accordingly), and reporting the time that
the scan was started and the time each beacon/probe was received
(both in terms of TSF of the BSS of the requesting AP). If the
request mode is table, this information is optional.
In addition, the radio measurement request specifies the channel
dwell time for the measurement.

In order to use scan for beacon report when the mode is active or
passive, add a parameter to scan request that specifies the
channel dwell time, and add scan start time and beacon received time
to scan results information.

Supporting beacon report is required for Multi Band Operation (MBO).

Signed-off-by: Assaf Krauss &lt;assaf.krauss@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Spinadel &lt;david.spinadel@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern &lt;avraham.stern@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cfg80211: allow finding vendor with OUI without specifying the OUI type</title>
<updated>2016-05-12T09:15:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Emmanuel Grumbach</name>
<email>emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-03T13:08:07+00:00</published>
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This allows finding vendor IE from a specific vendor.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach &lt;emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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This allows finding vendor IE from a specific vendor.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach &lt;emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band</title>
<updated>2016-04-12T13:56:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-12T13:56:15+00:00</published>
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This enum is already perfectly aliased to enum nl80211_band, and
the only reason for it is that we get IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS out of
it. There's no really good reason to not declare the number of
bands in nl80211 though, so do that and remove the cfg80211 one.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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This enum is already perfectly aliased to enum nl80211_band, and
the only reason for it is that we get IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS out of
it. There's no really good reason to not declare the number of
bands in nl80211 though, so do that and remove the cfg80211 one.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cfg80211: Allow a scan request for a specific BSSID</title>
<updated>2016-04-05T08:56:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jouni Malinen</name>
<email>jouni@qca.qualcomm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-02-26T20:12:47+00:00</published>
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This allows scans for a specific BSSID to be optimized by the user space
application by requesting the driver to set the Probe Request frame
BSSID field (Address 3) to the specified BSSID instead of the wildcard
BSSID. This prevents other APs from replying which reduces airtime need
and latency in getting the response from the target AP through.

This is an optimization and as such, it is acceptable for some of the
drivers not to support the mechanism. If not supported, the wildcard
BSSID will be used and more responses may be received.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen &lt;jouni@qca.qualcomm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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This allows scans for a specific BSSID to be optimized by the user space
application by requesting the driver to set the Probe Request frame
BSSID field (Address 3) to the specified BSSID instead of the wildcard
BSSID. This prevents other APs from replying which reduces airtime need
and latency in getting the response from the target AP through.

This is an optimization and as such, it is acceptable for some of the
drivers not to support the mechanism. If not supported, the wildcard
BSSID will be used and more responses may be received.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen &lt;jouni@qca.qualcomm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cfg80211: Add multiple scan plans for scheduled scan</title>
<updated>2015-10-13T08:35:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Avraham Stern</name>
<email>avraham.stern@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-12T06:51:34+00:00</published>
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Add the option to configure multiple 'scan plans' for scheduled scan.
Each 'scan plan' defines the number of scan cycles and the interval
between scans. The scan plans are executed in the order they were
configured. The last scan plan will always run infinitely and thus
defines only the interval between scans.
The maximum number of scan plans supported by the device and the
maximum number of iterations in a single scan plan are advertised
to userspace so it can configure the scan plans appropriately.

When scheduled scan results are received there is no way to know which
scan plan is being currently executed, so there is no way to know when
the next scan iteration will start. This is not a problem, however.
The scan start timestamp is only used for flushing old scan results,
and there is no difference between flushing all results received until
the end of the previous iteration or the start of the current one,
since no results will be received in between.

Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern &lt;avraham.stern@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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Add the option to configure multiple 'scan plans' for scheduled scan.
Each 'scan plan' defines the number of scan cycles and the interval
between scans. The scan plans are executed in the order they were
configured. The last scan plan will always run infinitely and thus
defines only the interval between scans.
The maximum number of scan plans supported by the device and the
maximum number of iterations in a single scan plan are advertised
to userspace so it can configure the scan plans appropriately.

When scheduled scan results are received there is no way to know which
scan plan is being currently executed, so there is no way to know when
the next scan iteration will start. This is not a problem, however.
The scan start timestamp is only used for flushing old scan results,
and there is no difference between flushing all results received until
the end of the previous iteration or the start of the current one,
since no results will be received in between.

Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern &lt;avraham.stern@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>nl80211: allow BSS data to include CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamp</title>
<updated>2015-10-13T08:32:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Shmidt</name>
<email>dimitrysh@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-07T09:32:53+00:00</published>
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For location and connectivity services, userspace would often like
to know the time when the BSS was last seen. The current "last seen"
value is calculated in a way that makes it less useful, especially
if the system suspended in the meantime.

Add the ability for the driver to report a real CLOCK_BOOTTIME stamp
that can then be reported to userspace (if present).

Drivers wishing to use this must be converted to the new API to call
cfg80211_inform_bss_data() or cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data(). They
need to ensure the reported value is accurate enough even when the
frame might have been buffered in the device (e.g. firmware.)

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Shmidt &lt;dimitrysh@google.com&gt;
[modified to use struct, inlines]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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For location and connectivity services, userspace would often like
to know the time when the BSS was last seen. The current "last seen"
value is calculated in a way that makes it less useful, especially
if the system suspended in the meantime.

Add the ability for the driver to report a real CLOCK_BOOTTIME stamp
that can then be reported to userspace (if present).

Drivers wishing to use this must be converted to the new API to call
cfg80211_inform_bss_data() or cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data(). They
need to ensure the reported value is accurate enough even when the
frame might have been buffered in the device (e.g. firmware.)

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Shmidt &lt;dimitrysh@google.com&gt;
[modified to use struct, inlines]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cfg80211: add bss_type and privacy arguments in cfg80211_get_bss()</title>
<updated>2015-03-03T14:56:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dedy Lansky</name>
<email>dlansky@codeaurora.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-02-08T13:52:03+00:00</published>
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802.11ad adds new a network type (PBSS) and changes the capability
field interpretation for the DMG (60G) band.
The same 2 bits that were interpreted as "ESS" and "IBSS" before are
re-used as a 2-bit field with 3 valid values (and 1 reserved). Valid
values are: "IBSS", "PBSS" (new) and "AP".

In order to get the BSS struct for the new PBSS networks, change the
cfg80211_get_bss() function to take a new enum ieee80211_bss_type
argument with the valid network types, as "capa_mask" and "capa_val"
no longer work correctly (the search must be band-aware now.)

The remaining bits in "capa_mask" and "capa_val" are used only for
privacy matching so replace those two with a privacy enum as well.

Signed-off-by: Dedy Lansky &lt;dlansky@codeaurora.org&gt;
[rewrite commit log, tiny fixes]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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802.11ad adds new a network type (PBSS) and changes the capability
field interpretation for the DMG (60G) band.
The same 2 bits that were interpreted as "ESS" and "IBSS" before are
re-used as a 2-bit field with 3 valid values (and 1 reserved). Valid
values are: "IBSS", "PBSS" (new) and "AP".

In order to get the BSS struct for the new PBSS networks, change the
cfg80211_get_bss() function to take a new enum ieee80211_bss_type
argument with the valid network types, as "capa_mask" and "capa_val"
no longer work correctly (the search must be band-aware now.)

The remaining bits in "capa_mask" and "capa_val" are used only for
privacy matching so replace those two with a privacy enum as well.

Signed-off-by: Dedy Lansky &lt;dlansky@codeaurora.org&gt;
[rewrite commit log, tiny fixes]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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