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2007-10-10[MAC80211]: avoid copying packets to interfaces that are downJohannes Berg
David Woodhouse noticed that under some circumstances the number of slab allocations kept growing. After looking a bit, this seemed to happen when you had a management mode interface that was *down*. The reason for this is that when the device is down, all management frames get queued to the in-kernel MLME (via ieee80211_sta_rx_mgmt) but then the sta work is invoked but doesn't run when the netif is down. When you then bring the interface up, all such frames are freed, but if you change the mode all of them are lost because the skb queue is reinitialised as soon as you go back to managed mode. The skb queue is correctly cleared when the interface is brought down, but the code doesn't account for the fact that it may be filled while it is not up. This patch should fix the issue by simply ignoring all interfaces that are down when going through the RX handlers. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: fix add_interface monitor mode behaviourJohannes Berg
This makes it behave the same whether we have monitor during operation or not. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: implement ERP info change notificationsDaniel Drake
zd1211rw and bcm43xx are interested in being notified when ERP IE conditions change, so that they can reprogram a register which affects how control frames are transmitted. This patch adds an interface similar to the one that can be found in softmac. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: STA reassociation improvementsDaniel Drake
My cheapy D-Link AP behaves strangely w.r.t reassociations. The following sequence of commands causes me to lose association and to be unable to regain it: ifconfig eth8 down ifconfig eth8 up iwconfig eth8 essid <x> This is because mac80211 tries to reassociate, rather than just associate. My AP replies with an association response (not a reassociation response...) denying the association with code 12: "Association denied due to reason outside the scope of this standard" mac80211 tries this reassociation another 4 times or so before finally giving up. I see 2 problems here: 1. bringing the interface down and up again should be resetting interface state i.e. after the interface is brought down, it should have no memory of if or where it was previously associated 2. after the first reassociation fails, mac80211 should fall back to standard association for the next attempt Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: improve locking of sta_info related structuresMichael Wu
The sta_info code has some awkward locking which prevents some driver callbacks from being allowed to sleep. This patch makes the locking more focused so code that calls driver callbacks are allowed to sleep. It also converts sta_lock to a rwlock. Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: introduce util.cJohannes Berg
Introduce a new file util.c and move a whole bunch of functions into it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: reorder interface related functionsJohannes Berg
This patch groups a whole bunch of functions together to make ieee80211.c more maintainable. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: move some rate control functions out of ieee80211.cJohannes Berg
I think these can go with rate control just as well and it makes ieee80211.c more readable. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: split out some key functions from ieee80211.cJohannes Berg
into a new file key.c which doesn't have much code right now but it makes ieee80211.c easier to read. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: remove some unnecessary includesJohannes Berg
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: split TX path into own fileJohannes Berg
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-10-10[MAC80211]: split RX handlers into own fileJohannes Berg
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-09-25[PATCH] mac80211: fix initialisation when built-inJohannes Berg
When mac80211 is built into the kernel it needs to init earlier so that device registrations are run after it has initialised. The same applies to rate control algorithms. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-08-14[PATCH] mac80211: fix tx status frame codeJohannes Berg
When I added the monitor for outgoing frames somehow a break statement slipped in. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-08-06[PATCH] mac80211: missing dev_put in ieee80211_master_start_xmitDaniel Drake
Fixes an unlikely reference leak condition. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-18[PATCH] mac80211: fix GCC warning on 64bit platformsJiri Benc
net/mac80211/ieee80211.c: In function ieee80211_register_hw: net/mac80211/ieee80211.c:4989: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast Size of ieee80211_tx_status_rtap_hdr structure will never be greater than unsigned int. Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-17[PATCH] mac80211: regulatory domain cleanupDaniel Drake
Currently, a function misnamed ieee80211_init_client() is used to handle regulatory domain control. It is called from ieee80211_register_hwmode(), which typically runs 2 or 3 times (802.11a/b/g), but each time it iterates over all the modes. This patch cleans this up and removes the confusion: ieee80211_init_client was effectively renamed to ieee80211_set_default_regdomain and is now run on a per-mode basis (doesn't have to deal with netdevs). I also moved the regdomain handling code into its own file and added some documentation. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Acked-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-12[PATCH] mac80211: improved 802.11g CTS protectionDaniel Drake
Currently, CTS protection is partially implemented twice: 1. via prism2 ioctls, only used by hostapd 2. via STA beacon parsing, recorded in sta.use_protection but never used (other than printed in debugfs) Protection control should be implemented on a per-subif basis. For example, a single physical device may be running a soft AP on one channel, and a STA on another. The AP interface should use protection based on what hostapd told it, and the STA interface should use protection based on beacon parsing. These should operate independantly: one subif using protection should not influence the other. To implement this, I moved the use_protection flag into ieee80211_sub_if_data and removed the device-global cts_protect_erp_frames flag. I also made the PRISM2_PARAM_CTS_PROTECT_ERP_FRAMES write operation only available for AP interfaces, to avoid any possibility of the user messing with the behaviour of a STA. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-12[PATCH] mac80211: clarify some mac80211 thingsJohannes Berg
The semantics of not having an add_interface callback are not well defined, this callback is required because otherwise you cannot obtain the requested MAC address of the device. Change the documentation to reflect this, add a note about having no MAC address at all, add a warning that mac_addr in struct ieee80211_if_init_conf can be NULL and finally verify that a few callbacks are assigned by way of BUG_ON() Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-12[PATCH] mac80211: kill rate control ioctlsJohannes Berg
These aren't used anywhere (hostapd, wpa_supplicant) and until we have a proper interface to the rate control algorithms they don't make much sense either since e.g. rc80211_lowest won't honour them. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-12[PATCH] mac80211: separate monitor/subif_start_xmitJohannes Berg
This patch separates the monitor interface start_xmit from the subif start xmit (those other devices have 802.3 framing, monitor interfaces have radiotap framing) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-12[PATCH] mac80211: remove ieee80211_set_aid_for_staJohannes Berg
Remove ieee80211_set_aid_for_sta and associated code. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-12[PATCH] mac80211: show transmitted frames on monitor interfacesJohannes Berg
This patch makes mac80211 show transmitted frames on monitor interfaces, including radiotap headers that indicate some transmission parameters. The shown parameters will need to be expanded, but this should work as a basis to work from. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-07-12[PATCH] mac80211: Monitor mode radiotap-based packet injectionAndy Green
Signed-off-by: Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-05-29[PATCH] mac80211: always set carrier status on openMichael Wu
ieee80211_open should always set the carrier status since we may have set it to off before. Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-05-29[PATCH] mac80211: fix memory leak when defrag fragmentsHong Liu
We forget to free all the fragments when defraging them into one packet. Signed-off-by: Hong Liu <hong.liu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-05-05[MAC80211]: Add debugfs attributes.Jiri Benc
Export various mac80211 internal variables through debugfs. Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-05[MAC80211]: Add mac80211 wireless stack.Jiri Benc
Add mac80211, the IEEE 802.11 software MAC layer. Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>