mac80211: introduce ieee80211_beacon_get_tim()

Compared to ieee80211_beacon_get(), the new function
ieee80211_beacon_get_tim() returns information on the
location and length of the TIM IE, which some drivers
need in order to generate the TIM on the device. The
old function, ieee80211_beacon_get(), becomes a small
static inline wrapper around the new one to not break
all drivers.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 2c9d3c7..bd0bbc3 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1743,19 +1743,45 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /**
- * ieee80211_beacon_get - beacon generation function
+ * ieee80211_beacon_get_tim - beacon generation function
  * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf.
+ * @tim_offset: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE offset.
+ *	Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
+ * @tim_length: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE length,
+ *	(including the ID and length bytes!).
+ *	Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
+ *
+ * If the driver implements beaconing modes, it must use this function to
+ * obtain the beacon frame/template.
  *
  * If the beacon frames are generated by the host system (i.e., not in
- * hardware/firmware), the low-level driver uses this function to receive
- * the next beacon frame from the 802.11 code. The low-level is responsible
- * for calling this function before beacon data is needed (e.g., based on
- * hardware interrupt). Returned skb is used only once and low-level driver
- * is responsible for freeing it.
+ * hardware/firmware), the driver uses this function to get each beacon
+ * frame from mac80211 -- it is responsible for calling this function
+ * before the beacon is needed (e.g. based on hardware interrupt).
+ *
+ * If the beacon frames are generated by the device, then the driver
+ * must use the returned beacon as the template and change the TIM IE
+ * according to the current DTIM parameters/TIM bitmap.
+ *
+ * The driver is responsible for freeing the returned skb.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+					 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+					 u16 *tim_offset, u16 *tim_length);
+
+/**
+ * ieee80211_beacon_get - beacon generation function
+ * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
+ * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf.
+ *
+ * See ieee80211_beacon_get_tim().
  */
-struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-				     struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+static inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+						   struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
+{
+	return ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(hw, vif, NULL, NULL);
+}
 
 /**
  * ieee80211_rts_get - RTS frame generation function