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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2011-11-04 11:18:15 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-11-09 16:12:39 -0500
commit7f6cf311a594c1e7ca8120367dd1d4c685aabff1 (patch)
tree60308101541ba278a4dabd8a5884b5a0de3722eb /net/wireless
parent562a74803f4881772ba2375ec4e5aa0ad90f4caa (diff)
nl80211: add API to probe a client
When the AP SME in hostapd is used it wants to probe the clients when they have been idle for some time. Add explicit API to support this. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c104
1 files changed, 104 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 2094c8468d78..a8eda12b46a8 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
}
if (dev->wiphy.flags & WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SCHED_SCAN)
CMD(sched_scan_start, START_SCHED_SCAN);
+ CMD(probe_client, PROBE_CLIENT);
#undef CMD
@@ -5853,6 +5854,59 @@ static int nl80211_register_unexpected_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
return 0;
}
+static int nl80211_probe_client(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct genl_info *info)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0];
+ struct net_device *dev = info->user_ptr[1];
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ void *hdr;
+ const u8 *addr;
+ u64 cookie;
+ int err;
+
+ if (wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
+ wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!rdev->ops->probe_client)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!msg)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, info->snd_pid, info->snd_seq, 0,
+ NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(hdr)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(hdr);
+ goto free_msg;
+ }
+
+ addr = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]);
+
+ err = rdev->ops->probe_client(&rdev->wiphy, dev, addr, &cookie);
+ if (err)
+ goto free_msg;
+
+ NLA_PUT_U64(msg, NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE, cookie);
+
+ genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+ return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+ err = -ENOBUFS;
+ free_msg:
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return err;
+}
+
#define NL80211_FLAG_NEED_WIPHY 0x01
#define NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV 0x02
#define NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL 0x04
@@ -6416,6 +6470,14 @@ static struct genl_ops nl80211_ops[] = {
.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
},
+ {
+ .cmd = NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT,
+ .doit = nl80211_probe_client,
+ .policy = nl80211_policy,
+ .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+ .internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
+ NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
+ },
};
static struct genl_multicast_group nl80211_mlme_mcgrp = {
@@ -7478,6 +7540,48 @@ nl80211_send_cqm_pktloss_notify(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
nlmsg_free(msg);
}
+void cfg80211_probe_status(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
+ u64 cookie, bool acked, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wdev->wiphy);
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ void *hdr;
+ int err;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp);
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT);
+ if (!hdr) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex);
+ NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, addr);
+ NLA_PUT_U64(msg, NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE, cookie);
+ if (acked)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_ATTR_ACK);
+
+ err = genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+ if (err < 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);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_probe_status);
+
static int nl80211_netlink_notify(struct notifier_block * nb,
unsigned long state,
void *_notify)