Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230]:22201 "EHLO mgw-mx03.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755320AbZCVT6J (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:58:09 -0400 From: Kalle Valo Subject: [PATCH v4 4/5] cfg80211: add feature to hold bss To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Johannes Berg , Jouni Malinen , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:57:28 +0200 Message-ID: <20090322195727.26460.70624.stgit@tikku> (sfid-20090322_205812_294340_9782D708) In-Reply-To: <20090322195619.26460.48292.stgit@tikku> References: <20090322195619.26460.48292.stgit@tikku> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Kalle Valo In beacon filtering there needs to be a way to not expire the BSS even when no beacons are received. Add an interface to cfg80211 to hold BSS and make sure that it's not expired. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo --- include/net/cfg80211.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ net/wireless/core.h | 2 ++ net/wireless/scan.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index dca4a6b..5389afd 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ enum cfg80211_signal_type { * is no guarantee that these are well-formed!) * @len_information_elements: total length of the information elements * @signal: signal strength value (type depends on the wiphy's signal_type) + * @hold: BSS should not expire * @free_priv: function pointer to free private data * @priv: private area for driver use, has at least wiphy->bss_priv_size bytes */ @@ -940,4 +941,21 @@ void cfg80211_send_rx_deauth(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, void cfg80211_send_rx_disassoc(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, size_t len); +/** + * cfg80211_hold_bss - exclude bss from expiration + * @bss: bss which should not expire + * + * In a case when the BSS is not updated but it shouldn't expire this + * function can be used to mark the BSS to be excluded from expiration. + */ +void cfg80211_hold_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *bss); + +/** + * cfg80211_unhold_bss - remove expiration exception from the BSS + * @bss: bss which can expire again + * + * This function marks the BSS to be expirable again. + */ +void cfg80211_unhold_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *bss); + #endif /* __NET_CFG80211_H */ diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h index 6acd483..97a6fd8 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.h +++ b/net/wireless/core.h @@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ struct cfg80211_internal_bss { struct rb_node rbn; unsigned long ts; struct kref ref; + bool hold; + /* must be last because of priv member */ struct cfg80211_bss pub; }; diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c index 280dbcd..2a00e36 100644 --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ void cfg80211_bss_expire(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev) bool expired = false; list_for_each_entry_safe(bss, tmp, &dev->bss_list, list) { - if (!time_after(jiffies, bss->ts + IEEE80211_SCAN_RESULT_EXPIRE)) + if (bss->hold || + !time_after(jiffies, bss->ts + IEEE80211_SCAN_RESULT_EXPIRE)) continue; list_del(&bss->list); rb_erase(&bss->rbn, &dev->bss_tree); @@ -471,6 +472,30 @@ void cfg80211_unlink_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_bss *pub) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_unlink_bss); +void cfg80211_hold_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *pub) +{ + struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss; + + if (!pub) + return; + + bss = container_of(pub, struct cfg80211_internal_bss, pub); + bss->hold = true; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_hold_bss); + +void cfg80211_unhold_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *pub) +{ + struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss; + + if (!pub) + return; + + bss = container_of(pub, struct cfg80211_internal_bss, pub); + bss->hold = false; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_unhold_bss); + #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,