kernel.git/net/mac80211/main.c, branch linux-2.6.37.y

mac80211: Fix scan_ies_len to include DS Params

2010-10-27T19:46:51Z

Commit 651b52254fc061f02d965524e71de4333a009a5a added DS Parameter Set information into Probe Request frames that are transmitted on 2.4 GHz band, but it failed to increment local->scan_ies_len to cover this new information. This variable needs to be updated to match the maximum IE data length so that the extra buffer need gets reduced from the driver limit. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: cancel restart_work explicitly instead of depending on flush_scheduled_work()

2010-10-25T18:43:12Z

iee80211_hw->restart_work is the only work which uses the system workqueue. Instead of calling flush_scheduled_work() during iee80211_exit(), cancel the work during unregistration. This is to prepare for the deprecation and removal of flush_scheduled_work(). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem

2010-10-15T20:11:56Z

mac80211: add probe request filter flag

2010-10-13T19:45:22Z

Using the frame registration notification, we can see when probe requests are requested and notify the low-level driver via filtering. The flag is also set in AP and IBSS modes. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem

2010-10-08T19:39:28Z

Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c

mac80211: assure we also cancel deferred scan request

2010-10-06T20:30:42Z

This is partial revert and fix for commit 85f72bc839705294b32b6c16b491c0422f0a71b3 "mac80211: only cancel software-based scans on suspend" When cfg80211 request the scan and mac80211 perform some management work, we defer the scan request. We do not canceling such requests when calling ieee80211_scan_cancel(), because of SCAN_SW_SCANNING bit check just before the call. So fix that problem. Another problem, which commit 85f72bc839705294b32b6c16b491c0422f0a71b3 tries to solve, is we can not cancel HW scan. Hence patch make ieee80211_scan_cancel() ignore HW scan (see code comments). Keeping local->mtx lock assures that the deferred scan will not become "working" HW scan. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Acked-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: fix deadlock with multiple interfaces

2010-10-05T17:37:51Z

The locking around ieee80211_recalc_smps is buggy -- it cannot acquire another interface's mutex while the iflist mutex is held because another code path could be holding the iface mutex and trying to acquire the iflist mutex. But the locking is also unnecessary, we only check "ifmgd->associated" as a bool, and don't use the pointer (in check_mgd_smps). Reported-by: Ben Greear Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: distinct between max rates and the number of rates the hw can report

2010-10-05T17:35:28Z

Some drivers cannot handle multiple retry rates specified by the rc algorithm but instead use their own retry table (for example rt2800). However, if such a device registers itself with a max_rates value of 1 the rc algorithm cannot make use of the extended information the device can provide about retried rates. On the other hand, if a device registers itself with a max_rates value > 1 the rc algorithm assumes that the device can handle multi rate retries. Fix this issue by introducing another hw parameter max_report_rates that can be set to a different value then max_rates to indicate if a device is capable of reporting more rates then specified in max_rates. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: fix for WDS interfaces

2010-10-05T17:35:25Z

Initialize the rate table for WDS interfaces, and add cases to allow WDS packets to pass the xmit and receive tests. Signed-off-by: Bill Jordan Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: perform scan cancel in hw reset work

2010-10-05T17:35:24Z

Move ieee80211_scan_cancel() and all other related code to ieee80211_restart_work() as ieee80211_restart_hw() is intended to be callable from any context. Fix a bug that RTNL lock is not taken during ieee80211_cancel_scan(). Take local->mtx before WARN(test_bit(SCAN_HW_SCANNING, &local->scanning) to prevent the race condition with __ieee80211_start_scan() described here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=128516716810537&w=2 Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Signed-off-by: John W. Linville