2009-02-02 14:07:03

by Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan

Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Remove bss information of the current AP when it goes out of range

There is no point having the bss information of currently associated AP
when the AP is detected to be out of range.

Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 9d51e27..a671fc0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,7 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
struct sta_info *sta;
int disassoc;
+ bool remove_bss = false;

/* TODO: start monitoring current AP signal quality and number of
* missed beacons. Scan other channels every now and then and search
@@ -1067,6 +1068,7 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
"range\n",
sdata->dev->name, ifsta->bssid);
disassoc = 1;
+ remove_bss = true;
} else
ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, ifsta->bssid,
ifsta->ssid,
@@ -1086,12 +1088,23 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,

rcu_read_unlock();

- if (disassoc)
+ if (disassoc) {
ieee80211_set_disassoc(sdata, ifsta, true, true,
WLAN_REASON_PREV_AUTH_NOT_VALID);
- else
+ if (remove_bss) {
+ struct ieee80211_bss *bss;
+
+ bss = ieee80211_rx_bss_get(local, ifsta->bssid,
+ local->hw.conf.channel->center_freq,
+ ifsta->ssid, ifsta->ssid_len);
+ if (bss)
+ atomic_dec(&bss->users);
+ ieee80211_rx_bss_put(local, bss);
+ }
+ } else {
mod_timer(&ifsta->timer, jiffies +
IEEE80211_MONITORING_INTERVAL);
+ }
}


--
1.5.5.1

2009-02-03 04:28:01

by Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan

Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Remove bss information of the current AP when it goes out of range

On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 07:34:14PM +0530, Vasanth Thiagarajan wrote:
> + if (remove_bss) {
> + struct ieee80211_bss *bss;
> +
> + bss = ieee80211_rx_bss_get(local, ifsta->bssid,
> + local->hw.conf.channel->center_freq,
> + ifsta->ssid, ifsta->ssid_len);
> + if (bss)
> + atomic_dec(&bss->users);
> + ieee80211_rx_bss_put(local, bss);

oops, I missed braces here.

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