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Re: [PATCH v3] mac80211/cfg80211: report monitor channel in wireless extensions

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On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Just add API to get the channel & report it. Trivial really.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> So trivial it didn't even work ;-)
>
>  include/net/cfg80211.h     |    5 +++++
>  net/mac80211/cfg.c         |    9 +++++++++
>  net/wireless/wext-compat.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h    2011-11-09 10:13:05.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h    2011-11-09 10:27:47.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1342,6 +1342,9 @@ struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data {
>  *     doesn't verify much. Note, however, that the passed netdev may be
>  *     %NULL as well if the user requested changing the channel for the
>  *     device itself, or for a monitor interface.
> + * @get_channel: Get the current operating channel, should return %NULL if
> + *     there's no single defined operating channel if for example the
> + *     device implements channel hopping for multi-channel virtual interfaces.

Why not return the the channel the radio is tuned to at the moment of
the request in that case?

>  *
>  * @scan: Request to do a scan. If returning zero, the scan request is given
>  *     the driver, and will be valid until passed to cfg80211_scan_done().
> @@ -1627,6 +1630,8 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
>
>        int     (*probe_client)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
>                                const u8 *peer, u64 *cookie);
> +
> +       struct ieee80211_channel *(*get_channel)(struct wiphy *wiphy);
>  };
>
>  /*
> --- a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c        2011-11-09 10:07:35.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c        2011-11-09 10:13:18.000000000 +0100
> @@ -819,12 +819,24 @@ static int cfg80211_wext_giwfreq(struct
>                                 struct iw_freq *freq, char *extra)
>  {
>        struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
> +       struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wdev->wiphy);
> +       struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
>
>        switch (wdev->iftype) {
>        case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
>                return cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwfreq(dev, info, freq, extra);
>        case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
>                return cfg80211_ibss_wext_giwfreq(dev, info, freq, extra);
> +       case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
> +               if (!rdev->ops->get_channel)
> +                       return -EINVAL;
> +
> +               chan = rdev->ops->get_channel(wdev->wiphy);
> +               if (!chan)
> +                       return -EINVAL;
> +               freq->m = chan->center_freq;
> +               freq->e = 6;
> +               return 0;
>        default:
>                if (!wdev->channel)
>                        return -EINVAL;
> --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c        2011-11-09 10:10:56.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c        2011-11-09 10:29:40.000000000 +0100
> @@ -2579,6 +2579,14 @@ static int ieee80211_probe_client(struct
>        return 0;
>  }
>
> +static struct ieee80211_channel *
> +ieee80211_wiphy_get_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy)
> +{
> +       struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
> +
> +       return local->oper_channel;
> +}
> +
>  struct cfg80211_ops mac80211_config_ops = {
>        .add_virtual_intf = ieee80211_add_iface,
>        .del_virtual_intf = ieee80211_del_iface,
> @@ -2645,4 +2653,5 @@ struct cfg80211_ops mac80211_config_ops
>        .tdls_oper = ieee80211_tdls_oper,
>        .tdls_mgmt = ieee80211_tdls_mgmt,
>        .probe_client = ieee80211_probe_client,
> +       .get_channel = ieee80211_wiphy_get_channel,
>  };
>
>
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