User can configure the below beacon tx mode
1. Staggered mode and 2. Burst mode while bring-up the AP
or MESH.
Beacons can be sent out in burst(continuously in a single shot
one after another) or staggered (equally spread out over beacon
interval) mode.
Set the beacon_tx_mode as 1 for Staggered mode and 2 for
burst mode.
Hence, added the support in the nl80211/cfg80211
layer to honour the beacon tx mode configuration and pass
this value to the driver.
Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-00630-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-2
Signed-off-by: Maharaja Kennadyrajan <mkenna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
V3: Addressed Johnson's comment on v2 patch.
V2: Addressed Johannes's comment on v1 patch.
include/net/cfg80211.h | 4 ++++
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 9 +++++++++
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 58c2cd4..65161fd 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ enum cfg80211_ap_settings_flags {
* @he_oper: HE operation IE (or %NULL if HE isn't enabled)
* @fils_discovery: FILS discovery transmission parameters
* @unsol_bcast_probe_resp: Unsolicited broadcast probe response parameters
+ * @beacon_tx_mode: Beacon Tx Mode setting
*/
struct cfg80211_ap_settings {
struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
@@ -1214,6 +1215,7 @@ struct cfg80211_ap_settings {
struct cfg80211_he_bss_color he_bss_color;
struct cfg80211_fils_discovery fils_discovery;
struct cfg80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp unsol_bcast_probe_resp;
+ enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode beacon_tx_mode;
};
/**
@@ -2061,6 +2063,7 @@ struct mesh_config {
* to operate on DFS channels.
* @control_port_over_nl80211: TRUE if userspace expects to exchange control
* port frames over NL80211 instead of the network interface.
+ * @beacon_tx_mode: Beacon Tx Mode setting.
*
* These parameters are fixed when the mesh is created.
*/
@@ -2084,6 +2087,7 @@ struct mesh_setup {
struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask beacon_rate;
bool userspace_handles_dfs;
bool control_port_over_nl80211;
+ enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode beacon_tx_mode;
};
/**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index f962c06..a86b32e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2560,6 +2560,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* disassoc events to indicate that an immediate reconnect to the AP
* is desired.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE: used to configure the beacon tx mode as
+ * staggered mode = 1 or burst mode = 2 in %NL80211_CMD_START_AP or
+ * %NL80211_CMD_JOIN_MESH from user-space.
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -3057,6 +3061,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE,
+ NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -7299,4 +7305,14 @@ enum nl80211_sar_specs_attrs {
NL80211_SAR_ATTR_SPECS_MAX = __NL80211_SAR_ATTR_SPECS_LAST - 1,
};
+/**
+ * enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode - Beacon Tx Mode enum.
+ * Used to configure beacon staggered mode or beacon burst mode.
+ */
+enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode {
+ NL80211_BEACON_DEFAULT_MODE = 0,
+ NL80211_BEACON_STAGGERED_MODE = 1,
+ NL80211_BEACON_BURST_MODE = 2,
+};
+
#endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index fc9286a..6076d00 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
[NL80211_ATTR_RECONNECT_REQUESTED] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
[NL80211_ATTR_SAR_SPEC] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(sar_policy),
[NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE] = NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U32, 1, 2),
};
/* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -5342,6 +5343,10 @@ static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
params.dtim_period =
nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD]);
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE])
+ params.beacon_tx_mode =
+ nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE]);
+
err = cfg80211_validate_beacon_int(rdev, dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype,
params.beacon_interval);
if (err)
@@ -11896,6 +11901,10 @@ static int nl80211_join_mesh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE])
+ setup.beacon_tx_mode =
+ nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE]);
+
if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_SETUP]) {
/* parse additional setup parameters if given */
err = nl80211_parse_mesh_setup(info, &setup);
--
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