kernel.git/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h, branch linux-3.18.y

mac80211: extend set_coverage_class signature

2014-09-05T11:54:07Z

Extend mac80211 set_coverage_class API in order to enable ACK timeout estimation algorithm (dynack) passing coverage class equals to -1 to lower drivers. Synchronize set_coverage_class routine signature with mac80211 function pointer for p54, ath9k, ath9k_htc and ath5k drivers. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: split sched scan IEs

2014-06-25T07:10:43Z

Split sched scan IEs to band specific and not band specific blocks. Common IEs blocks may be sent to the FW once per command, instead of per band. This allows optimization of size of the command, which may be required by some drivers (eg. iwlmvm with newer firmware version). As this changes the mac80211 API, update all drivers to use the new version correctly, even if they don't (yet) make use of the split data. Signed-off-by: David Spinadel Reviewed-by: Alexander Bondar Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: support more than one band in scan request

2014-06-25T07:10:42Z

Some drivers (such as iwlmvm) can handle multiple bands in a single HW scan request. Add a HW flag to indicate that the driver support this. To hold the required data, create a separate structure for HW scan request that holds cfg scan request and data about different parts of the scan IEs. As this changes the mac80211 API, update all drivers using it to use the correct new function type/argument. Signed-off-by: David Spinadel Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: protect TDLS discovery session

2014-06-23T12:28:19Z

After sending a TDLS discovery-request, we expect a reply to arrive on the AP's channel. We must stay on the channel (no PSM, scan, etc.), since a TDLS setup-response is a direct packet not buffered by the AP. Add a new mac80211 driver callback to allow discovery session protection. Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add a single-transaction driver op to switch contexts

2014-05-26T09:04:41Z

In some cases, when the driver is already using all the channel contexts it can handle at once, we have to do an in-place switch (ie. we cannot afford using an extra context temporarily for the transaction). But some drivers may not support switching the channel context assigned to a vif on the fly (ie. without unassigning and assigning it) while others may only work if the context is changed on the fly, without unassigning it first. To allow these different scenarios, add a new driver operation that let's the driver decide how to handle an in-place switch. Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: export the expected throughput

2014-05-21T07:15:16Z

Add get_expected_throughput() API to mac80211 so that each driver can implement its own version based on the RC algorithm they are using (might be using an HW RC algo). The API returns a value expressed in Kbps. Also, add the new get_expected_throughput() member to the rate_control_ops structure in order to be able to query the RC algorithm (this patch provides an implementation of this API for both minstrel and minstrel_ht). The related member in the station_info object is now filled accordingly when dumping a station. Cc: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: handle failed restart/resume better

2014-05-09T10:21:34Z

When the driver fails during HW restart or resume, the whole stack goes into a very confused state with interfaces being up while the hardware is down etc. Address this by shutting down everything; we'll run into a lot of warnings in the process but that's better than having the whole stack get messed up. Reviewed-by: Arik Nemtsov Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add vif to flush call

2014-04-09T08:55:29Z

This will allow the low level driver to make decision based on the vif such as queues etc... Since the vif might be NULL, we can't add it to the tracing functions. Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach [fix staging rtl8821ae driver] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: allow driver to return error from sched_scan_stop

2014-02-20T15:09:54Z

In order to solve races with sched_scan_stop, it is necessary for the driver to be able to return an error to propagate that to cfg80211 so it doesn't send an event. Reviewed-by: Alexander Bondar Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add pre-RCU-sync sta removal driver operation

2013-12-16T10:29:44Z

Currently, mac80211 allows drivers to keep RCU-protected station references that are cleared when the station is removed from the driver and consequently needs to synchronize twice, once before removing the station from the driver (so it can guarantee that the station is no longer used in TX towards the driver) and once after the station is removed from the driver. Add a new pre-RCU-synchronisation station removal operation to the API to allow drivers to clear/invalidate their RCU-protected station pointers before the RCU synchronisation. This will allow removing the second synchronisation by changing the driver API so that the driver may no longer assume a valid RCU-protected pointer after sta_remove/sta_state returns. The alternative to this would be to synchronize_rcu() in all the drivers that currently rely on this behaviour (only iwlmvm) but that would defeat the purpose. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg