nl/cfg80211: add the NL80211_CMD_SET_MCAST_RATE command

This command triggers a new callback: set_mcast_rate(). It enables
the user to change the rate used to send multicast frames for vif
configured as IBSS or MESH_POINT

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Antonio Quartulli 2012-11-02 13:27:48 +01:00 committed by Johannes Berg
parent ba350fbc53
commit f4e583c893
3 changed files with 50 additions and 0 deletions
include
net
uapi/linux
net/wireless

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@ -1545,6 +1545,9 @@ struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data {
* to a merge.
* @leave_ibss: Leave the IBSS.
*
* @set_mcast_rate: Set the specified multicast rate (only if vif is in ADHOC or
* MESH mode)
*
* @set_wiphy_params: Notify that wiphy parameters have changed;
* @changed bitfield (see &enum wiphy_params_flags) describes which values
* have changed. The actual parameter values are available in
@ -1749,6 +1752,9 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
struct cfg80211_ibss_params *params);
int (*leave_ibss)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev);
int (*set_mcast_rate)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
int rate[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS]);
int (*set_wiphy_params)(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 changed);
int (*set_tx_power)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,

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@ -578,6 +578,9 @@
* station, due to particular reason. %NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON
* is used for this.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_SET_MCAST_RATE: Change the rate used to send multicast frames
* for IBSS or MESH vif.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@ -726,6 +729,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED,
NL80211_CMD_SET_MCAST_RATE,
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */

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@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flag
goto nla_put_failure;
}
CMD(start_p2p_device, START_P2P_DEVICE);
CMD(set_mcast_rate, SET_MCAST_RATE);
#ifdef CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE
CMD(testmode_cmd, TESTMODE);
@ -5448,6 +5449,36 @@ static int nl80211_leave_ibss(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
return cfg80211_leave_ibss(rdev, dev, false);
}
static int nl80211_set_mcast_rate(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
{
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0];
struct net_device *dev = info->user_ptr[1];
int mcast_rate[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
u32 nla_rate;
int err;
if (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (!rdev->ops->set_mcast_rate)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
memset(mcast_rate, 0, sizeof(mcast_rate));
if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE])
return -EINVAL;
nla_rate = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE]);
if (!nl80211_parse_mcast_rate(rdev, mcast_rate, nla_rate))
return -EINVAL;
err = rdev->ops->set_mcast_rate(&rdev->wiphy, dev, mcast_rate);
return err;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE
static struct genl_multicast_group nl80211_testmode_mcgrp = {
.name = "testmode",
@ -7629,6 +7660,14 @@ static struct genl_ops nl80211_ops[] = {
.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_WDEV_UP |
NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
},
{
.cmd = NL80211_CMD_SET_MCAST_RATE,
.doit = nl80211_set_mcast_rate,
.policy = nl80211_policy,
.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
},
};
static struct genl_multicast_group nl80211_mlme_mcgrp = {