linux-toradex.git/net/wireless/reg.h, branch v5.3.2

cfg80211: restore regulatory without calling userspace

2019-02-11T14:46:29+00:00

Jouni reports that in some cases it is possible that getting
disconnected (or stopping AP, after previous patches) results
in further operations hitting the window within the regulatory
core restoring the regdomain to the defaults. The reason for
this is that we have to call out to CRDA or otherwise do some
asynchronous work, and thus can't do the restore atomically.

However, we've previously seen all the data we need to do the
restore, so we can hang on to that data and use it later for
the restore. This makes the whole thing happen within a single
locked section and thus atomic.

However, we can't *always* do this - there are unfortunately
cases where the restore needs to re-request, because this is
also used (abused?) as an error recovery process, so make the
new behaviour optional and only use it when doing a regular
restore as described above.

Reported-by: Jouni Malinen 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: implement regdb signature checking

2017-10-11T12:24:24+00:00

Currently CRDA implements the signature checking, and the previous
commits added the ability to load the whole regulatory database
into the kernel.

However, we really can't lose the signature checking, so implement
it in the kernel by loading a detached signature (regulatory.db.p7s)
and check it against built-in keys.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: support reloading regulatory database

2017-10-11T11:04:15+00:00

If the regulatory database is loaded, and then updated, it may
be necessary to reload it. Add an nl80211 command to do this.

Note that this just reloads the database, it doesn't re-apply
the rules from it immediately.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: Share Channel DFS state across wiphys of same DFS domain

2017-03-06T12:54:20+00:00

Sharing DFS channel state across multiple wiphys (radios) could
be useful with multiple radios on the system. When one radio
completes CAC and markes the channel available another radio
can use this information and start beaconing without really doing
CAC.

Whenever there is a state change in dfs channel associated to
a particular wiphy the the same state change is propagated to
other wiphys having the same DFS reg domain configuration.
Also when a new wiphy is created the dfs channel state of
other existing wiphys of same DFS domain is copied.

Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: Make pre-CAC results valid only for ETSI domain

2017-03-06T12:54:15+00:00

DFS requirement for ETSI domain (section 4.7.1.4 in
ETSI EN 301 893 V1.8.1) is the only one which explicitly
states that once DFS channel is marked as available afer
the CAC, this channel will remain in available state even
moving to a different operating channel. But the same is
not explicitly stated in FCC DFS requirement. Also, Pre-CAC
requriements are not explicitly mentioned in FCC requirement.
Current implementation in keeping DFS channel in available
state is same as described in ETSI domain.

For non-ETSI DFS domain, this patch gives a grace period of 2 seconds
since the completion of successful CAC before moving the channel's
DFS state to 'usable' from 'available' state. The same grace period
is checked against the channel's dfs_state_entered timestamp while
deciding if a DFS channel is available for operation. There is a new
radar event, NL80211_RADAR_PRE_CAC_EXPIRED, reported when DFS channel
is moved from available to usable state after the grace period. Also
make sure the DFS channel state is reset to usable once the beaconing
operation on that channel is brought down (like stop_ap, leave_ibss
and leave_mesh) in non-ETSI domain.

Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band

2016-04-12T13:56:15+00:00

This enum is already perfectly aliased to enum nl80211_band, and
the only reason for it is that we get IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS out of
it. There's no really good reason to not declare the number of
bands in nl80211 though, so do that and remove the cfg80211 one.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: Stop calling crda if it is not responsive

2015-04-01T09:22:38+00:00

Patch eeca9fce1d71a4955855ceb0c3b13c1eb9db27c1 (cfg80211: Schedule
timeout for all CRDA call) introduced a regression, where in case
that crda is not installed (or not configured properly etc.), the
regulatory core will needlessly continue to call it, polluting the
log with the following log:

"cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain"

Fix this by limiting the number of continuous CRDA request failures.

Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: Add API to change the indoor regulatory setting

2015-03-06T08:37:47+00:00

Previously, the indoor setting configuration assumed that as
long as a station interface is connected, the indoor environment
setting does not change. However, this assumption is problematic
as:

- It is possible that a station interface is connected to a mobile
  AP, e.g., softAP or a P2P GO, where it is possible that both the
  station and the mobile AP move out of the indoor environment making
  the indoor setting invalid. In such a case, user space has no way to
  invalidate the setting.
- A station interface disconnection does not necessarily imply that
  the device is no longer operating in an indoor environment, e.g.,
  it is possible that the station interface is roaming but is still
  stays indoor.

To handle the above, extend the indoor configuration API to allow
user space to indicate a change of indoor settings, and allow it to
indicate weather it controls the indoor setting, such that:

1. If the user space process explicitly indicates that it is going
   to control the indoor setting, do not clear the indoor setting
   internally, unless the socket is released. The user space process
   should use the NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER attribute in the command
   to state that it is going to control the indoor setting.
2. Reset the indoor setting when restoring the regulatory settings in
   case it is not owned by a user space process.

Based on the above, a user space tool that continuously monitors the
indoor settings, i.e., tracking power setting, location etc., can
indicate environment changes to the regulatory core.

It should be noted that currently user space is the only provided mechanism
used to hint to the regulatory core over the indoor/outdoor environment --
while the country IEs do have an environment setting this has been completely
ignored by the regulatory core by design for a while now since country IEs
typically can contain bogus data.

Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez 
Signed-off-by: ArikX Nemtsov 
Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: allow usermode to query wiphy specific regdom

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

If a wiphy-idx is specified, the kernel will return the wiphy specific
regdomain, if such exists. Otherwise return the global regdom.

When no wiphy-idx is specified, return the global regdomain as well as
all wiphy-specific regulatory domains in the system, via a new nested
list of attributes.

Add a new attribute for each wiphy-specific regdomain, for usermode to
identify it as such.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: Enable GO operation on indoor channels

2014-04-09T08:55:37+00:00

Allow GO operation on a channel marked with IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY
iff there is a user hint indicating that the platform is operating in
an indoor environment, i.e., the platform is a printer or media center
device.

Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg