linux-toradex.git/net/wireless/core.h, branch v4.4.154

cfg80211/mac80211: fix BSS leaks when abandoning assoc attempts

2017-01-09T07:07:42+00:00

commit e6f462df9acd2a3295e5d34eb29e2823220cf129 upstream.

When mac80211 abandons an association attempt, it may free
all the data structures, but inform cfg80211 and userspace
about it only by sending the deauth frame it received, in
which case cfg80211 has no link to the BSS struct that was
used and will not cfg80211_unhold_bss() it.

Fix this by providing a way to inform cfg80211 of this with
the BSS entry passed, so that it can clean up properly, and
use this ability in the appropriate places in mac80211.

This isn't ideal: some code is more or less duplicated and
tracing is missing. However, it's a fairly small change and
it's thus easier to backport - cleanups can come later.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

cfg80211: limit scan results cache size

2016-12-02T08:09:01+00:00

commit 9853a55ef1bb66d7411136046060bbfb69c714fa upstream.

It's possible to make scanning consume almost arbitrary amounts
of memory, e.g. by sending beacon frames with random BSSIDs at
high rates while somebody is scanning.

Limit the number of BSS table entries we're willing to cache to
1000, limiting maximum memory usage to maybe 4-5MB, but lower
in practice - that would be the case for having both full-sized
beacon and probe response frames for each entry; this seems not
possible in practice, so a limit of 1000 entries will likely be
closer to 0.5 MB.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

nl80211: allow BSS data to include CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamp

2015-10-13T08:32:17+00:00

For location and connectivity services, userspace would often like
to know the time when the BSS was last seen. The current "last seen"
value is calculated in a way that makes it less useful, especially
if the system suspended in the meantime.

Add the ability for the driver to report a real CLOCK_BOOTTIME stamp
that can then be reported to userspace (if present).

Drivers wishing to use this must be converted to the new API to call
cfg80211_inform_bss_data() or cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data(). They
need to ensure the reported value is accurate enough even when the
frame might have been buffered in the device (e.g. firmware.)

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Shmidt 
[modified to use struct, inlines]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: allow mgmt_frame_register callback to sleep

2015-07-17T13:38:26+00:00

This callback is currently not allowed to sleep, which makes it more
difficult to implement proper driver methods in mac80211 than it has
to be. Instead of doing asynchronous work here in mac80211, make it
possible for the callback to sleep by doing some asynchronous work
in cfg80211. This also enables improvements to other drivers, like
ath6kl, that would like to sleep in this callback.

While at it, also fix the code to call the driver on the implicit
unregistration when an interface is removed, and do that also when
a P2P-Device wdev is destroyed (otherwise we leak the structs.)

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: properly send NL80211_ATTR_DISCONNECTED_BY_AP in disconnect

2015-05-26T13:21:27+00:00

When we disconnect from the AP, drivers call cfg80211_disconnect().
This doesn't know whether the disconnection was initiated locally
or by the AP though, which can cause problems with the supplicant,
for example with WPS. This issue obviously doesn't show up with any
mac80211 based driver since mac80211 doesn't call this function.

Fix this by requiring drivers to indicate whether the disconnect is
locally generated or not. I've tried to update the drivers, but may
not have gotten the values correct, and some drivers may currently
not be able to report correct values. In case of doubt I left it at
false, which is the current behaviour.

For libertas, make adjustments as indicated by Dan Williams.

Reported-by: Matthieu Mauger 
Tested-by: Matthieu Mauger 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

nl80211: Stop scheduled scan if netlink client disappears

2014-12-18T13:38:44+00:00

An attribute NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER can be set by the scan initiator.
If present, the attribute will cause the scan to be stopped if the client
dies.

Signed-off-by: Jukka Rissanen 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

nl80211: Convert sched_scan_req pointer to RCU pointer

2014-12-18T13:38:09+00:00

Because of possible races when accessing sched_scan_req pointer in
rdev, the sched_scan_req is converted to RCU pointer.

Signed-off-by: Jukka Rissanen 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: allow wiphy specific regdomain management

2014-12-17T10:49:55+00:00

Add a new regulatory flag that allows a driver to manage regdomain
changes/updates for its own wiphy.
A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from
the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like
beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same
system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory
hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several
devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be
contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is
generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible
with non-locally originated hints.

A new API lets the driver send a complete regdomain, to be applied on
its wiphy only.

After a wiphy-specific regdomain change takes place, usermode will get
a new type of change notification. The regulatory core also takes care
enforce regulatory restrictions, in case some interfaces are on
forbidden channels.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Doron 
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov 
Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: add wowlan net-detect support

2014-11-19T17:45:45+00:00

Add a new WoWLAN API to enable net-detect as a wake up trigger.
Net-detect allows the device to scan in the background while the
host is asleep to wake up the host system when a matching network
is found.

Reuse the scheduled scan attributes to specify how the scan is
performed while suspended and the matches that will trigger a
wake event.

Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: 802.11p OCB mode handling

2014-11-04T12:18:17+00:00

This patch adds new iface type (NL80211_IFTYPE_OCB) representing
the OCB (Outside the Context of a BSS) mode.
When establishing a connection to the network a cfg80211_join_ocb
function is called (particular nl80211_command is added as well).
A mandatory parameters during the ocb_join operation are 'center
frequency' and 'channel width (5/10 MHz)'.

Changes done in mac80211 are minimal possible required to avoid
many warnings (warning: enumeration value 'NL80211_IFTYPE_OCB'
not handled in switch) during compilation. Full functionality
(where needed) is added in the following patch.

Signed-off-by: Rostislav Lisovy 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg