On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 13:52 +0200, Juuso Oikarinen wrote:
> Some hardware (i.e. the wl1271) are able to monitor beacons, and send
> probe-requests to AP in case of beacon loss independently to try to recover
> the connection. In these cases, it is useless for the mac80211 to send
> further probe-requests.
>
> Add a new function for the hardware to indicate that the AP has been lost.
> This function immediately tears down the connection.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/mac80211.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> net/mac80211/mlme.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
> index 45d7d44..d9792e4 100644
> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> @@ -2370,6 +2370,18 @@ void ieee80211_sta_block_awake(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> */
> void ieee80211_beacon_loss(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
>
> +/**
> + * ieee80211_probereq_failed - inform hardware has lost connection with the AP
> + *
> + * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
> + *
> + * When beacon filtering is enabled with IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING and
> + * IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set, the driver needs to inform with this function
> + * whenever the hardware is not receiving beacons and the AP is not responding
> + * to probe requests with this function.
> + */
> +void ieee80211_probereq_failed(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
> +
> /* Rate control API */
>
> /**
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> index 0ab284c..8f591a4 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> @@ -945,6 +945,38 @@ void ieee80211_beacon_loss(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_beacon_loss);
>
> +void ieee80211_probereq_failed(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
> +{
> + struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
> + struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
> + struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
> + u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
> +
> + mutex_lock(&ifmgd->mtx);
> + if (!ifmgd->associated) {
> + mutex_unlock(&ifmgd->mtx);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + memcpy(bssid, ifmgd->associated->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
I think the actual work should be deferred to a workqueue struct item so
that you don't get into locking trouble with drivers here.
johannes
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