2011-04-08 12:24:40

by Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan

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Subject: [RFC] {mac|nl}80211: Add station connected time

From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <[email protected]>

Add station connected time in debugfs and also display it via few
'iw' commands. This will be helpful to get a measure of stability of the
connection and for debugging purpose while stress testing.

Cc: Senthilkumar Balasubramanian <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/nl80211.h | 2 ++
include/net/cfg80211.h | 4 ++++
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 7 ++++++-
net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 3 +++
net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 2 ++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 +++
7 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 16eea72..ad7fc6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1277,6 +1277,7 @@ enum nl80211_sta_bss_param {
* attribute, like NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE.
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM: current station's view of BSS, nested attribute
* containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_sta_bss_param
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME: time since the station is last connected
* @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute
*/
@@ -1297,6 +1298,7 @@ enum nl80211_sta_info {
NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG,
NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BITRATE,
NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM,
+ NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME,

/* keep last */
__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index ba7384a..0253d50 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ struct station_parameters {
* @STATION_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG: @signal_avg filled
* @STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE: @rxrate fields are filled
* @STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM: @bss_param filled
+ * @STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME: @connected_time filled
*/
enum station_info_flags {
STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME = 1<<0,
@@ -441,6 +442,7 @@ enum station_info_flags {
STATION_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG = 1<<13,
STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE = 1<<14,
STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM = 1<<15,
+ STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME = 1<<16
};

/**
@@ -511,6 +513,7 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
* Station information filled by driver for get_station() and dump_station.
*
* @filled: bitflag of flags from &enum station_info_flags
+ * @connected_time: time(in secs) since a station is last connected
* @inactive_time: time since last station activity (tx/rx) in milliseconds
* @rx_bytes: bytes received from this station
* @tx_bytes: bytes transmitted to this station
@@ -533,6 +536,7 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
*/
struct station_info {
u32 filled;
+ u32 connected_time;
u32 inactive_time;
u32 rx_bytes;
u32 tx_bytes;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index bf5d28d..de2d626 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static void rate_idx_to_bitrate(struct rate_info *rate, struct sta_info *sta, in
static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
{
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
+ struct timespec uptime;

sinfo->generation = sdata->local->sta_generation;

@@ -343,7 +344,11 @@ static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE |
STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE |
STATION_INFO_RX_DROP_MISC |
- STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM;
+ STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM |
+ STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME;
+
+ do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
+ sinfo->connected_time = uptime.tv_sec - sta->last_connected;

sinfo->inactive_time = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - sta->last_rx);
sinfo->rx_bytes = sta->rx_bytes;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
index c04a139..a15f58d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
@@ -92,6 +92,31 @@ static ssize_t sta_inactive_ms_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
}
STA_OPS(inactive_ms);

+
+static ssize_t sta_connected_time_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
+ size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct sta_info *sta = file->private_data;
+ struct timespec uptime;
+ struct tm result;
+ long connected_time_secs;
+ char buf[100];
+ int res;
+ do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
+ connected_time_secs = uptime.tv_sec - sta->last_connected;
+ time_to_tm(connected_time_secs, 0, &result);
+ result.tm_year -= 70;
+ result.tm_mday -= 1;
+ res = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+ "years - %d\nmonths - %d\ndays - %d\nclock - %d:%d:%d\n\n",
+ result.tm_year, result.tm_mon, result.tm_mday,
+ result.tm_hour, result.tm_min, result.tm_sec);
+ return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, res);
+}
+STA_OPS(connected_time);
+
+
+
static ssize_t sta_last_seq_ctrl_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -324,6 +349,7 @@ void ieee80211_sta_debugfs_add(struct sta_info *sta)
DEBUGFS_ADD(flags);
DEBUGFS_ADD(num_ps_buf_frames);
DEBUGFS_ADD(inactive_ms);
+ DEBUGFS_ADD(connected_time);
DEBUGFS_ADD(last_seq_ctrl);
DEBUGFS_ADD(agg_status);
DEBUGFS_ADD(dev);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 999f8fb..f3be38b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
struct sta_info *sta;
+ struct timespec uptime;
int i;

sta = kzalloc(sizeof(*sta) + local->hw.sta_data_size, gfp);
@@ -245,6 +246,8 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
sta->sdata = sdata;
sta->last_rx = jiffies;

+ do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
+ stat->last_connected = uptime.tv_sec;
ewma_init(&sta->avg_signal, 1024, 8);

if (sta_prepare_rate_control(local, sta, gfp)) {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 43238e9..424bd02 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ enum plink_state {
* @rx_bytes: Number of bytes received from this STA
* @wep_weak_iv_count: number of weak WEP IVs received from this station
* @last_rx: time (in jiffies) when last frame was received from this STA
+ * @last_connected: time (in seconds) when a station get connected
* @num_duplicates: number of duplicate frames received from this STA
* @rx_fragments: number of received MPDUs
* @rx_dropped: number of dropped MPDUs from this STA
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ struct sta_info {
unsigned long rx_packets, rx_bytes;
unsigned long wep_weak_iv_count;
unsigned long last_rx;
+ long last_connected;
unsigned long num_duplicates;
unsigned long rx_fragments;
unsigned long rx_dropped;
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 297d7ce..bf0ab93 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2016,6 +2016,9 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq,
sinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO);
if (!sinfoattr)
goto nla_put_failure;
+ if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME)
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME,
+ sinfo->connected_time);
if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME)
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME,
sinfo->inactive_time);
--
1.7.0.4



2011-04-08 13:06:16

by Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan

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Subject: Re: [RFC] {mac|nl}80211: Add station connected time

On Friday 08 April 2011 05:54 PM, Mohammed Shajakhan wrote:
> From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan<[email protected]>
>
> Add station connected time in debugfs and also display it via few
> 'iw' commands. This will be helpful to get a measure of stability of the
> connection and for debugging purpose while stress testing.
>
> Cc: Senthilkumar Balasubramanian<[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan<[email protected]>
> ---
> include/linux/nl80211.h | 2 ++
> include/net/cfg80211.h | 4 ++++
> net/mac80211/cfg.c | 7 ++++++-
> net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 3 +++
> net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 2 ++
> net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 +++
> 7 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
> index 16eea72..ad7fc6b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
> +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
> @@ -1277,6 +1277,7 @@ enum nl80211_sta_bss_param {
> * attribute, like NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE.
> * @NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM: current station's view of BSS, nested attribute
> * containing info as possible, see&enum nl80211_sta_bss_param
> + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME: time since the station is last connected
> * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal
> * @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute
> */
> @@ -1297,6 +1298,7 @@ enum nl80211_sta_info {
> NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG,
> NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BITRATE,
> NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM,
> + NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME,
>
> /* keep last */
> __NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
> diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
> index ba7384a..0253d50 100644
> --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
> @@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ struct station_parameters {
> * @STATION_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG: @signal_avg filled
> * @STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE: @rxrate fields are filled
> * @STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM: @bss_param filled
> + * @STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME: @connected_time filled
> */
> enum station_info_flags {
> STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME = 1<<0,
> @@ -441,6 +442,7 @@ enum station_info_flags {
> STATION_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG = 1<<13,
> STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE = 1<<14,
> STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM = 1<<15,
> + STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME = 1<<16
> };
>
> /**
> @@ -511,6 +513,7 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
> * Station information filled by driver for get_station() and dump_station.
> *
> * @filled: bitflag of flags from&enum station_info_flags
> + * @connected_time: time(in secs) since a station is last connected
> * @inactive_time: time since last station activity (tx/rx) in milliseconds
> * @rx_bytes: bytes received from this station
> * @tx_bytes: bytes transmitted to this station
> @@ -533,6 +536,7 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
> */
> struct station_info {
> u32 filled;
> + u32 connected_time;
> u32 inactive_time;
> u32 rx_bytes;
> u32 tx_bytes;
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> index bf5d28d..de2d626 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> @@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static void rate_idx_to_bitrate(struct rate_info *rate, struct sta_info *sta, in
> static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
> {
> struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
> + struct timespec uptime;
>
> sinfo->generation = sdata->local->sta_generation;
>
> @@ -343,7 +344,11 @@ static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
> STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE |
> STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE |
> STATION_INFO_RX_DROP_MISC |
> - STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM;
> + STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM |
> + STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME;
> +
> + do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
> + sinfo->connected_time = uptime.tv_sec - sta->last_connected;
>
> sinfo->inactive_time = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - sta->last_rx);
> sinfo->rx_bytes = sta->rx_bytes;
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
> index c04a139..a15f58d 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
> @@ -92,6 +92,31 @@ static ssize_t sta_inactive_ms_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
> }
> STA_OPS(inactive_ms);
>
> +
> +static ssize_t sta_connected_time_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
> + size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> + struct sta_info *sta = file->private_data;
> + struct timespec uptime;
> + struct tm result;
> + long connected_time_secs;
> + char buf[100];
> + int res;
> + do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
> + connected_time_secs = uptime.tv_sec - sta->last_connected;
> + time_to_tm(connected_time_secs, 0,&result);
> + result.tm_year -= 70;
> + result.tm_mday -= 1;
> + res = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
> + "years - %d\nmonths - %d\ndays - %d\nclock - %d:%d:%d\n\n",
> + result.tm_year, result.tm_mon, result.tm_mday,
> + result.tm_hour, result.tm_min, result.tm_sec);
> + return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, res);
> +}
> +STA_OPS(connected_time);
> +
> +
> +
> static ssize_t sta_last_seq_ctrl_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
> size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> {
> @@ -324,6 +349,7 @@ void ieee80211_sta_debugfs_add(struct sta_info *sta)
> DEBUGFS_ADD(flags);
> DEBUGFS_ADD(num_ps_buf_frames);
> DEBUGFS_ADD(inactive_ms);
> + DEBUGFS_ADD(connected_time);
> DEBUGFS_ADD(last_seq_ctrl);
> DEBUGFS_ADD(agg_status);
> DEBUGFS_ADD(dev);
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
> index 999f8fb..f3be38b 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
> @@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> {
> struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
> struct sta_info *sta;
> + struct timespec uptime;
> int i;
>
> sta = kzalloc(sizeof(*sta) + local->hw.sta_data_size, gfp);
> @@ -245,6 +246,8 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> sta->sdata = sdata;
> sta->last_rx = jiffies;
>
> + do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
> + stat->last_connected = uptime.tv_sec;
> ewma_init(&sta->avg_signal, 1024, 8);
>
> if (sta_prepare_rate_control(local, sta, gfp)) {
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
> index 43238e9..424bd02 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
> +++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
> @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ enum plink_state {
> * @rx_bytes: Number of bytes received from this STA
> * @wep_weak_iv_count: number of weak WEP IVs received from this station
> * @last_rx: time (in jiffies) when last frame was received from this STA
> + * @last_connected: time (in seconds) when a station get connected
> * @num_duplicates: number of duplicate frames received from this STA
> * @rx_fragments: number of received MPDUs
> * @rx_dropped: number of dropped MPDUs from this STA
> @@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ struct sta_info {
> unsigned long rx_packets, rx_bytes;
> unsigned long wep_weak_iv_count;
> unsigned long last_rx;
> + long last_connected;
> unsigned long num_duplicates;
> unsigned long rx_fragments;
> unsigned long rx_dropped;
> diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> index 297d7ce..bf0ab93 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> @@ -2016,6 +2016,9 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq,
> sinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO);
> if (!sinfoattr)
> goto nla_put_failure;
> + if (sinfo->filled& STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME)
> + NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME,
> + sinfo->connected_time);
> if (sinfo->filled& STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME)
> NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME,
> sinfo->inactive_time);
>
As there were few compilation issues, will resend this RFC patch in a
proper way for the review.
thanks,
shafi