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authorJouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>2009-12-23 13:15:40 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-12-28 16:55:01 -0500
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mac80211: Generalize off-channel operation helpers from scan code
The off-channel operations for going into power save mode (station mode) or stop beaconing (AP/IBSS) are not limited to scanning. Move these into a separate file and allow them to be used for other purposes, too. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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+/*
+ * Off-channel operation helpers
+ *
+ * Copyright 2003, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>
+ * Copyright 2004, Instant802 Networks, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2005, Devicescape Software, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2006-2007 Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
+ * Copyright 2007, Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
+ * Copyright 2009 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#include <net/mac80211.h>
+#include "ieee80211_i.h"
+
+/*
+ * inform AP that we will go to sleep so that it will buffer the frames
+ * while we scan
+ */
+static void ieee80211_offchannel_ps_enable(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
+
+ local->offchannel_ps_enabled = false;
+
+ /* FIXME: what to do when local->pspolling is true? */
+
+ del_timer_sync(&local->dynamic_ps_timer);
+ cancel_work_sync(&local->dynamic_ps_enable_work);
+
+ if (local->hw.conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_PS) {
+ local->offchannel_ps_enabled = true;
+ local->hw.conf.flags &= ~IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
+ ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+ }
+
+ if (!(local->offchannel_ps_enabled) ||
+ !(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK))
+ /*
+ * If power save was enabled, no need to send a nullfunc
+ * frame because AP knows that we are sleeping. But if the
+ * hardware is creating the nullfunc frame for power save
+ * status (ie. IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK is not
+ * enabled) and power save was enabled, the firmware just
+ * sent a null frame with power save disabled. So we need
+ * to send a new nullfunc frame to inform the AP that we
+ * are again sleeping.
+ */
+ ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
+}
+
+/* inform AP that we are awake again, unless power save is enabled */
+static void ieee80211_offchannel_ps_disable(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
+
+ if (!local->ps_sdata)
+ ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0);
+ else if (local->offchannel_ps_enabled) {
+ /*
+ * In !IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK case the hardware
+ * will send a nullfunc frame with the powersave bit set
+ * even though the AP already knows that we are sleeping.
+ * This could be avoided by sending a null frame with power
+ * save bit disabled before enabling the power save, but
+ * this doesn't gain anything.
+ *
+ * When IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK is enabled, no need
+ * to send a nullfunc frame because AP already knows that
+ * we are sleeping, let's just enable power save mode in
+ * hardware.
+ */
+ local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
+ ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+ } else if (local->hw.conf.dynamic_ps_timeout > 0) {
+ /*
+ * If IEEE80211_CONF_PS was not set and the dynamic_ps_timer
+ * had been running before leaving the operating channel,
+ * restart the timer now and send a nullfunc frame to inform
+ * the AP that we are awake.
+ */
+ ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0);
+ mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +
+ msecs_to_jiffies(local->hw.conf.dynamic_ps_timeout));
+ }
+}
+
+void ieee80211_offchannel_stop_beaconing(struct ieee80211_local *local)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+
+ mutex_lock(&local->iflist_mtx);
+ list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
+ if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
+ continue;
+
+ /* disable beaconing */
+ if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
+ ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(
+ sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED);
+
+ /*
+ * only handle non-STA interfaces here, STA interfaces
+ * are handled in ieee80211_offchannel_stop_station(),
+ * e.g., from the background scan state machine
+ */
+ if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+ netif_stop_queue(sdata->dev);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);
+}
+
+void ieee80211_offchannel_stop_station(struct ieee80211_local *local)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+
+ /*
+ * notify the AP about us leaving the channel and stop all STA interfaces
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&local->iflist_mtx);
+ list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
+ if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
+ continue;
+
+ if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+ netif_stop_queue(sdata->dev);
+ if (sdata->u.mgd.associated)
+ ieee80211_offchannel_ps_enable(sdata);
+ }
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);
+}
+
+void ieee80211_offchannel_return(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ bool enable_beaconing)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+
+ mutex_lock(&local->iflist_mtx);
+ list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
+ if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
+ continue;
+
+ /* Tell AP we're back */
+ if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+ if (sdata->u.mgd.associated)
+ ieee80211_offchannel_ps_disable(sdata);
+ netif_wake_queue(sdata->dev);
+ }
+
+ /* re-enable beaconing */
+ if (enable_beaconing &&
+ (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT))
+ ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(
+ sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);
+}
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