2022-12-14 09:49:01

by Wen Gong

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Subject: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: call reg_notifier for self managed wiphy from driver hint

Currently the regulatory driver does not call the regulatory callback
reg_notifier for self managed wiphys. Sometimes driver needs cfg80211
to calculate the info of ieee80211_channel such as flags and power,
and driver needs to get the info of ieee80211_channel after hint of
driver, but driver does not know when calculation of the info of
ieee80211_channel become finished, so add notify to driver after
reg_process_self_managed_hint() from cfg80211 is a good way, then
driver could get the correct info in callback of reg_notifier.

Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <[email protected]>
---
net/wireless/reg.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 4f3f31244e8b..e3f500832427 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -3085,6 +3085,18 @@ static void reg_process_hint(struct regulatory_request *reg_request)
reg_free_request(reg_request);
}

+static void queue_regulatory_request(struct regulatory_request *request)
+{
+ request->alpha2[0] = toupper(request->alpha2[0]);
+ request->alpha2[1] = toupper(request->alpha2[1]);
+
+ spin_lock(&reg_requests_lock);
+ list_add_tail(&request->list, &reg_requests_list);
+ spin_unlock(&reg_requests_lock);
+
+ schedule_work(&reg_work);
+}
+
static void notify_self_managed_wiphys(struct regulatory_request *request)
{
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev;
@@ -3095,6 +3107,13 @@ static void notify_self_managed_wiphys(struct regulatory_request *request)
if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED &&
request->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_USER)
reg_call_notifier(wiphy, request);
+
+ if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED &&
+ request->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER &&
+ request->wiphy_idx == get_wiphy_idx(wiphy)) {
+ reg_call_notifier(wiphy, request);
+ request->wiphy_idx = WIPHY_IDX_INVALID;
+ }
}
}

@@ -3172,6 +3191,7 @@ static void reg_process_self_managed_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy)
const struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd;
enum nl80211_band band;
struct regulatory_request request = {};
+ struct regulatory_request *driver_request;

ASSERT_RTNL();
lockdep_assert_wiphy(wiphy);
@@ -3199,6 +3219,13 @@ static void reg_process_self_managed_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy)
request.initiator = NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER;

nl80211_send_wiphy_reg_change_event(&request);
+
+ driver_request = kzalloc(sizeof(struct regulatory_request), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!driver_request)
+ return;
+
+ memcpy(driver_request, &request, sizeof(*driver_request));
+ queue_regulatory_request(driver_request);
}

static void reg_process_self_managed_hints(void)
@@ -3225,18 +3252,6 @@ static void reg_todo(struct work_struct *work)
rtnl_unlock();
}

-static void queue_regulatory_request(struct regulatory_request *request)
-{
- request->alpha2[0] = toupper(request->alpha2[0]);
- request->alpha2[1] = toupper(request->alpha2[1]);
-
- spin_lock(&reg_requests_lock);
- list_add_tail(&request->list, &reg_requests_list);
- spin_unlock(&reg_requests_lock);
-
- schedule_work(&reg_work);
-}
-
/*
* Core regulatory hint -- happens during cfg80211_init()
* and when we restore regulatory settings.

base-commit: 922932ca02191a390f7f52fb6e21c44b50e14025
--
2.31.1


2023-01-03 10:13:40

by Wen Gong

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: call reg_notifier for self managed wiphy from driver hint

On 12/14/2022 5:39 PM, Wen Gong wrote:
> Currently the regulatory driver does not call the regulatory callback
> reg_notifier for self managed wiphys. Sometimes driver needs cfg80211
> to calculate the info of ieee80211_channel such as flags and power,
> and driver needs to get the info of ieee80211_channel after hint of
> driver, but driver does not know when calculation of the info of
> ieee80211_channel become finished, so add notify to driver after
> reg_process_self_managed_hint() from cfg80211 is a good way, then
> driver could get the correct info in callback of reg_notifier.
>
Hi Johannes,

Could I get your comment for this?

2023-01-19 14:02:38

by Johannes Berg

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: call reg_notifier for self managed wiphy from driver hint

On Wed, 2022-12-14 at 04:39 -0500, Wen Gong wrote:
> Currently the regulatory driver does not call the regulatory callback
> reg_notifier for self managed wiphys. Sometimes driver needs cfg80211
> to calculate the info of ieee80211_channel such as flags and power,
> and driver needs to get the info of ieee80211_channel after hint of
> driver, but driver does not know when calculation of the info of
> ieee80211_channel become finished, so add notify to driver after
> reg_process_self_managed_hint() from cfg80211 is a good way, then
> driver could get the correct info in callback of reg_notifier.

Seems reasonable - but maybe unexpected to some drivers, perhaps it
should be opt-in?

Though I guess not many drivers actually use this infrastructure in the
first place?

> @@ -3095,6 +3107,13 @@ static void notify_self_managed_wiphys(struct regulatory_request *request)
> if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED &&
> request->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_USER)
> reg_call_notifier(wiphy, request);
> +
> + if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED &&
> + request->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER &&
> + request->wiphy_idx == get_wiphy_idx(wiphy)) {
> + reg_call_notifier(wiphy, request);
> + request->wiphy_idx = WIPHY_IDX_INVALID;
> + }

Why set the request->wiphy_idx here? Should this even go through
reg_process_pending_hints() at all?

> + driver_request = kzalloc(sizeof(struct regulatory_request), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!driver_request)
> + return;
> +
> + memcpy(driver_request, &request, sizeof(*driver_request));

kmemdup()?

> + queue_regulatory_request(driver_request);

But again not sure you should do this, rather than calling the notifier
directly?

I mean, you could just do reg_call_notifier() here, it's already async?

johannes

2023-01-31 06:08:11

by Wen Gong

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: call reg_notifier for self managed wiphy from driver hint

On 1/19/2023 9:52 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-12-14 at 04:39 -0500, Wen Gong wrote:
>> Currently the regulatory driver does not call the regulatory callback
>> reg_notifier for self managed wiphys. Sometimes driver needs cfg80211
>> to calculate the info of ieee80211_channel such as flags and power,
>> and driver needs to get the info of ieee80211_channel after hint of
>> driver, but driver does not know when calculation of the info of
>> ieee80211_channel become finished, so add notify to driver after
>> reg_process_self_managed_hint() from cfg80211 is a good way, then
>> driver could get the correct info in callback of reg_notifier.
> Seems reasonable - but maybe unexpected to some drivers, perhaps it
> should be opt-in?
>
> Though I guess not many drivers actually use this infrastructure in the
> first place?

Yes, I will add a new flag such as WIPHY_FLAG_NOTIFY_REGDOM_BY_DRIVER
for this driver.

is it ok?

>> @@ -3095,6 +3107,13 @@ static void notify_self_managed_wiphys(struct regulatory_request *request)
>> if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED &&
>> request->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_USER)
>> reg_call_notifier(wiphy, request);
>> +
>> + if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED &&
>> + request->initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER &&
>> + request->wiphy_idx == get_wiphy_idx(wiphy)) {
>> + reg_call_notifier(wiphy, request);
>> + request->wiphy_idx = WIPHY_IDX_INVALID;
>> + }
> Why set the request->wiphy_idx here? Should this even go through
> reg_process_pending_hints() at all?

it is to skip handle for NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER in
reg_process_pending_hints()/reg_process_hint().

After change to use reg_call_notifier(), then it is not need again.

>
>> + driver_request = kzalloc(sizeof(struct regulatory_request), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!driver_request)
>> + return;
>> +
>> + memcpy(driver_request, &request, sizeof(*driver_request));
> kmemdup()?

yes.

After change to use reg_call_notifier(), then it is not need again.

>
>> + queue_regulatory_request(driver_request);
> But again not sure you should do this, rather than calling the notifier
> directly?
>
> I mean, you could just do reg_call_notifier() here, it's already async?
Yes, I will change to use reg_call_notifier() here, then it will be simple.
> johannes
>

2023-01-31 09:15:10

by Johannes Berg

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: call reg_notifier for self managed wiphy from driver hint

On Tue, 2023-01-31 at 14:07 +0800, Wen Gong wrote:
> On 1/19/2023 9:52 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Wed, 2022-12-14 at 04:39 -0500, Wen Gong wrote:
> > > Currently the regulatory driver does not call the regulatory callback
> > > reg_notifier for self managed wiphys. Sometimes driver needs cfg80211
> > > to calculate the info of ieee80211_channel such as flags and power,
> > > and driver needs to get the info of ieee80211_channel after hint of
> > > driver, but driver does not know when calculation of the info of
> > > ieee80211_channel become finished, so add notify to driver after
> > > reg_process_self_managed_hint() from cfg80211 is a good way, then
> > > driver could get the correct info in callback of reg_notifier.
> > Seems reasonable - but maybe unexpected to some drivers, perhaps it
> > should be opt-in?
> >
> > Though I guess not many drivers actually use this infrastructure in the
> > first place?
>
> Yes, I will add a new flag such as WIPHY_FLAG_NOTIFY_REGDOM_BY_DRIVER
> for this driver.
>
> is it ok?

Sounds OK.

johannes