Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([147.243.1.47]:34606 "EHLO mgw-sa01.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750742Ab0KKGuc (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:50:32 -0500 From: juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com To: linville@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCHv3] mac80211: Add function to get probe request template for current AP Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:50:18 +0200 Message-Id: <1289458218-5218-1-git-send-email-juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Juuso Oikarinen Chipsets with hardware based connection monitoring need to autonomically send directed probe-request frames to the AP (in the event of beacon loss, for example.) For the hardware to be able to do this, it requires a template for the frame to transmit to the AP, filled in with the BSSID and SSID of the AP, but also the supported rate IE's. This patch adds a function to mac80211, which allows the hardware driver to fetch this template after association, so it can be configured to the hardware. Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen --- v2: Add more documentation to the ieee80211_ap_probereq_get function v3: Added some honesty to the documentation of ieee80211_ap_probereq_get include/net/mac80211.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 4 ++++ net/mac80211/mlme.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ net/mac80211/util.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++----- 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 9fdf982..773694b 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -2501,6 +2501,21 @@ void ieee80211_sta_block_awake(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, bool block); /** + * ieee80211_ap_probereq_get - retrieve a Probe Request template + * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw(). + * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback. + * + * Creates a Probe Request template which can, for example, be uploaded to + * hardware. The template is filled with bssid, ssid and supported rate + * information. This function must only be called from within the + * .bss_info_changed callback function and only in managed mode. The function + * is only useful when the interface is associated, otherwise it will return + * NULL. + */ +struct sk_buff *ieee80211_ap_probereq_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + struct ieee80211_vif *vif); + +/** * ieee80211_beacon_loss - inform hardware does not receive beacons * * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback. diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h index b80c386..59a1d38 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h @@ -1287,6 +1287,10 @@ int ieee80211_build_preq_ies(struct ieee80211_local *local, u8 *buffer, const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len, enum ieee80211_band band, u32 rate_mask, u8 channel); +struct sk_buff *ieee80211_build_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, + u8 *dst, + const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len, + const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len); void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst, const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len, const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len); diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index a3a9421..dfc4a31 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -1108,6 +1108,30 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, mutex_unlock(&ifmgd->mtx); } +struct sk_buff *ieee80211_ap_probereq_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + struct ieee80211_vif *vif) +{ + struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif); + struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd; + struct sk_buff *skb; + const u8 *ssid; + + if (WARN_ON(sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)) + return NULL; + + ASSERT_MGD_MTX(ifmgd); + + if (!ifmgd->associated) + return NULL; + + ssid = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(ifmgd->associated, WLAN_EID_SSID); + skb = ieee80211_build_probe_req(sdata, ifmgd->associated->bssid, + ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0); + + return skb; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_ap_probereq_get); + static void __ieee80211_connection_loss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) { struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd; diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c index 0b6fc92..885713d 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/util.c +++ b/net/mac80211/util.c @@ -1011,9 +1011,10 @@ int ieee80211_build_preq_ies(struct ieee80211_local *local, u8 *buffer, return pos - buffer; } -void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst, - const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len, - const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len) +struct sk_buff *ieee80211_build_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, + u8 *dst, + const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len, + const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len) { struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local; struct sk_buff *skb; @@ -1027,7 +1028,7 @@ void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst, if (!buf) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: failed to allocate temporary IE " "buffer\n", sdata->name); - return; + return NULL; } chan = ieee80211_frequency_to_channel( @@ -1050,8 +1051,20 @@ void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst, } IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT; - ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb); kfree(buf); + + return skb; +} + +void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst, + const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len, + const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len) +{ + struct sk_buff *skb; + + skb = ieee80211_build_probe_req(sdata, dst, ssid, ssid_len, ie, ie_len); + if (skb) + ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb); } u32 ieee80211_sta_get_rates(struct ieee80211_local *local, -- 1.7.1