From 4486ea987efdaa546bdda569e3dfacdc14a9fb13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bala Shanmugam Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 17:27:12 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: Add background scan period attribute. Receive background scan period as part of connect command and pass the same to the driver. Signed-off-by: Bala Shanmugam Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/nl80211.h | 10 ++++++++++ include/net/cfg80211.h | 3 +++ net/wireless/nl80211.c | 8 ++++++++ net/wireless/wext-sme.c | 3 +++ 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index c37d67a..e474f6e 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ * %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT, * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE and * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT. + * Background scan period can optionally be + * specified in %NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD, + * if not specified default background scan configuration + * in driver is used and if period value is 0, bg scan will be disabled. + * This attribute is ignored if driver does not support roam scan. * It is also sent as an event, with the BSSID and response IEs when the * connection is established or failed to be established. This can be * determined by the STATUS_CODE attribute. @@ -1207,6 +1212,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * this attribute is (depending on the driver capabilities) added to * received frames indicated with %NL80211_CMD_FRAME. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD: Background scan period in seconds + * or 0 to disable background scan. + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -1456,6 +1464,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM, + NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index 57c9fdd..66f4603 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -1203,6 +1203,8 @@ struct cfg80211_ibss_params { * @key_idx: index of WEP key for shared key authentication * @key: WEP key for shared key authentication * @flags: See &enum cfg80211_assoc_req_flags + * @bg_scan_period: Background scan period in seconds + * or -1 to indicate that default value is to be used. * @ht_capa: HT Capabilities over-rides. Values set in ht_capa_mask * will be used in ht_capa. Un-supported values will be ignored. * @ht_capa_mask: The bits of ht_capa which are to be used. @@ -1220,6 +1222,7 @@ struct cfg80211_connect_params { const u8 *key; u8 key_len, key_idx; u32 flags; + int bg_scan_period; struct ieee80211_ht_cap ht_capa; struct ieee80211_ht_cap ht_capa_mask; }; diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index 39dbdf2..4c1eb94 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = { }, [NL80211_ATTR_NOACK_MAP] = { .type = NLA_U16 }, [NL80211_ATTR_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT] = { .type = NLA_U16 }, + [NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD] = { .type = NLA_U16 }, }; /* policy for the key attributes */ @@ -5116,6 +5117,13 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) wiphy = &rdev->wiphy; + connect.bg_scan_period = -1; + if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD] && + (wiphy->flags & WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_FW_ROAM)) { + connect.bg_scan_period = + nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD]); + } + if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]) connect.bssid = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]); connect.ssid = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SSID]); diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c index 326750b..7c01c2f 100644 --- a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c +++ b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ int cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, wdev->wext.connect.ie = wdev->wext.ie; wdev->wext.connect.ie_len = wdev->wext.ie_len; + /* Use default background scan period */ + wdev->wext.connect.bg_scan_period = -1; + if (wdev->wext.keys) { wdev->wext.keys->def = wdev->wext.default_key; wdev->wext.keys->defmgmt = wdev->wext.default_mgmt_key; -- 2.7.4