cfg80211: Add connection quality monitoring support to nl80211

Add support for basic configuration of a connection quality monitoring to the
nl80211 interface, and basic support for notifying about triggered monitoring
events.

Via this interface a user-space connection manager may configure and receive
pre-warning events of deteriorating WLAN connection quality, and start
preparing for roaming in advance, before the connection is already lost.

An example usage of such a trigger is starting scanning for nearby AP's in
an attempt to find one with better connection quality, and associate to it
before the connection characteristics of the existing connection become too bad
or the association is even lost, leading in a prolonged delay in connectivity.

The interface currently supports only RSSI, but it could be later extended
to include other parameters, such as signal-to-noise ratio, if need for that
arises.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 131 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index e447db0..a7fc3d8 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
 				 .len = IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_PS_STATE] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_CQM] = { .type = NLA_NESTED, },
 };
 
 /* policy for the attributes */
@@ -4778,6 +4779,84 @@ unlock_rtnl:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static struct nla_policy
+nl80211_attr_cqm_policy[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_MAX + 1] __read_mostly = {
+	[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THOLD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_HYST] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THRESHOLD_EVENT] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+};
+
+static int nl80211_set_cqm_rssi(struct genl_info *info,
+				s32 threshold, u32 hysteresis)
+{
+	struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev;
+	struct wireless_dev *wdev;
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	int err;
+
+	if (threshold > 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+
+	err = get_rdev_dev_by_info_ifindex(info, &rdev, &dev);
+	if (err)
+		goto unlock_rdev;
+
+	wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
+
+	if (!rdev->ops->set_cqm_rssi_config) {
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto unlock_rdev;
+	}
+
+	if (wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto unlock_rdev;
+	}
+
+	err = rdev->ops->set_cqm_rssi_config(wdev->wiphy, dev,
+					     threshold, hysteresis);
+
+unlock_rdev:
+	cfg80211_unlock_rdev(rdev);
+	dev_put(dev);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int nl80211_set_cqm(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	struct nlattr *attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_MAX + 1];
+	struct nlattr *cqm;
+	int err;
+
+	cqm = info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CQM];
+	if (!cqm) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = nla_parse_nested(attrs, NL80211_ATTR_CQM_MAX, cqm,
+			       nl80211_attr_cqm_policy);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THOLD] &&
+	    attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_HYST]) {
+		s32 threshold;
+		u32 hysteresis;
+		threshold = nla_get_u32(attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THOLD]);
+		hysteresis = nla_get_u32(attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_HYST]);
+		err = nl80211_set_cqm_rssi(info, threshold, hysteresis);
+	} else
+		err = -EINVAL;
+
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
 static struct genl_ops nl80211_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.cmd = NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY,
@@ -5082,6 +5161,12 @@ static struct genl_ops nl80211_ops[] = {
 		.policy = nl80211_policy,
 		/* can be retrieved by unprivileged users */
 	},
+	{
+		.cmd = NL80211_CMD_SET_CQM,
+		.doit = nl80211_set_cqm,
+		.policy = nl80211_policy,
+		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+	},
 };
 
 static struct genl_multicast_group nl80211_mlme_mcgrp = {
@@ -5832,6 +5917,52 @@ void nl80211_send_action_tx_status(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 	nlmsg_free(msg);
 }
 
+void
+nl80211_send_cqm_rssi_notify(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+			     struct net_device *netdev,
+			     enum nl80211_cqm_rssi_threshold_event rssi_event,
+			     gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *msg;
+	struct nlattr *pinfoattr;
+	void *hdr;
+
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp);
+	if (!msg)
+		return;
+
+	hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_NOTIFY_CQM);
+	if (!hdr) {
+		nlmsg_free(msg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
+	NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, netdev->ifindex);
+
+	pinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CQM);
+	if (!pinfoattr)
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
+	NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THRESHOLD_EVENT,
+		    rssi_event);
+
+	nla_nest_end(msg, pinfoattr);
+
+	if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0) {
+		nlmsg_free(msg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
+				nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp);
+	return;
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+
 static int nl80211_netlink_notify(struct notifier_block * nb,
 				  unsigned long state,
 				  void *_notify)