2019-01-30 10:41:28

by Balaji Pothunoori

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Subject: [PATCH v2] iw: Add support for controlling tx power for per station

From: Ashok Raj Nagarajan <[email protected]>

This patch allows userspace to set transmit power,
in dBm units, to a station associated to the AP.

To set a limit tx power of 20 dBm:
iw wlan0 station set <mac-addr> txpwr limit 20

To revert the user defined tx power for a station:
iw wlan0 station set <mac-addr> txpwr auto

Co-developed-by: Balaji Pothunoori <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj Nagarajan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Balaji Pothunoori <[email protected]>
---
v2: tx power set unit modified from mBm to dBm
replaced NLA_PUT_U32 with NLA_PUT_U8/U16

station.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)

diff --git a/station.c b/station.c
index e1477ef..8f6fbc4 100644
--- a/station.c
+++ b/station.c
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ COMMAND(station, del, "<MAC address> [subtype <subtype>] [reason-code <code>]",
static const struct cmd *station_set_plink;
static const struct cmd *station_set_vlan;
static const struct cmd *station_set_mesh_power_mode;
+static const struct cmd *station_set_txpwr;

static const struct cmd *select_station_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
{
@@ -662,6 +663,8 @@ static const struct cmd *select_station_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
return station_set_vlan;
if (strcmp(argv[1], "mesh_power_mode") == 0)
return station_set_mesh_power_mode;
+ if (strcmp(argv[1], "txpwr") == 0)
+ return station_set_txpwr;
return NULL;
}

@@ -813,6 +816,74 @@ COMMAND_ALIAS(station, set, "<MAC address> mesh_power_mode "
"Set link-specific mesh power mode for this station",
select_station_cmd, station_set_mesh_power_mode);

+static int handle_station_set_txpwr(struct nl80211_state *state,
+ struct nl_msg *msg,
+ int argc, char **argv,
+ enum id_input id)
+{
+ enum nl80211_tx_power_setting type;
+ unsigned char mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ int sta_txpwr = 0;
+ char *err = NULL;
+
+ if (argc != 3 && argc != 4)
+ return 1;
+
+ if (mac_addr_a2n(mac_addr, argv[0])) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "invalid mac address\n");
+ return 2;
+ }
+
+ NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr);
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+
+ if (strcmp("txpwr", argv[0]) != 0)
+ return 1;
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+
+ if (!strcmp(argv[0], "auto"))
+ type = NL80211_TX_POWER_AUTOMATIC;
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "limit"))
+ type = NL80211_TX_POWER_LIMITED;
+ else {
+ printf("Invalid parameter: %s\n", argv[0]);
+ return 2;
+ }
+
+ NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_TX_POWER_SETTING, type);
+
+ if (type != NL80211_TX_POWER_AUTOMATIC) {
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ printf("Missing TX power level argument.\n");
+ return 2;
+ }
+
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+
+ sta_txpwr = strtoul(argv[0], &err, 0);
+
+ if (sta_txpwr)
+ NLA_PUT_U16(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_TX_POWER, sta_txpwr);
+ }
+
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+
+ if (argc)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+ nla_put_failure:
+ return -ENOBUFS;
+}
+COMMAND_ALIAS(station, set, "<MAC address> txpwr <auto|limit> [<tx power dBm>]",
+ NL80211_CMD_SET_STATION, 0, CIB_NETDEV, handle_station_set_txpwr,
+ "Set Tx power for this station.",
+ select_station_cmd, station_set_txpwr);
+
static int handle_station_dump(struct nl80211_state *state,
struct nl_msg *msg,
int argc, char **argv,
--
2.7.4