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authorArend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>2013-04-18 15:49:00 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-04-22 15:48:00 +0200
commit5de17984898c5758fc6ebe08eccea9f4b6548914 (patch)
tree17aab780c025cfac0bd5a8b010b8ea9c138ff780 /include/net
parenta36473621c871df14bbf2106ab0721b475aac8e0 (diff)
cfg80211: introduce critical protocol indication from user-space
Some protocols need a more reliable connection to complete successful in reasonable time. This patch adds a user-space API to indicate the wireless driver that a critical protocol is about to commence and when it is done, using nl80211 primitives NL80211_CMD_CRIT_PROTOCOL_START and NL80211_CRIT_PROTOCOL_STOP. There can be only on critical protocol session started per registered cfg80211 device. The driver can support this by implementing the cfg80211 callbacks .crit_proto_start() and .crit_proto_stop(). Examples of protocols that can benefit from this are DHCP, EAPOL, APIPA. Exactly how the link can/should be made more reliable is up to the driver. Things to consider are avoid scanning, no multi-channel operations, and alter coexistence schemes. Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Franky (Zhenhui) Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h23
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index dff96d8cafcd..26b5b692c22b 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -2002,6 +2002,12 @@ struct cfg80211_update_ft_ies_params {
* @update_ft_ies: Provide updated Fast BSS Transition information to the
* driver. If the SME is in the driver/firmware, this information can be
* used in building Authentication and Reassociation Request frames.
+ *
+ * @crit_proto_start: Indicates a critical protocol needs more link reliability
+ * for a given duration (milliseconds). The protocol is provided so the
+ * driver can take the most appropriate actions.
+ * @crit_proto_stop: Indicates critical protocol no longer needs increased link
+ * reliability. This operation can not fail.
*/
struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*suspend)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_wowlan *wow);
@@ -2231,6 +2237,12 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
struct cfg80211_chan_def *chandef);
int (*update_ft_ies)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_update_ft_ies_params *ftie);
+ int (*crit_proto_start)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev,
+ enum nl80211_crit_proto_id protocol,
+ u16 duration);
+ void (*crit_proto_stop)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev);
};
/*
@@ -4137,6 +4149,17 @@ void cfg80211_report_wowlan_wakeup(struct wireless_dev *wdev,
struct cfg80211_wowlan_wakeup *wakeup,
gfp_t gfp);
+/**
+ * cfg80211_crit_proto_stopped() - indicate critical protocol stopped by driver.
+ *
+ * @wdev: the wireless device for which critical protocol is stopped.
+ *
+ * This function can be called by the driver to indicate it has reverted
+ * operation back to normal. One reason could be that the duration given
+ * by .crit_proto_start() has expired.
+ */
+void cfg80211_crit_proto_stopped(struct wireless_dev *wdev, gfp_t gfp);
+
/* Logging, debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
/* wiphy_printk helpers, similar to dev_printk */