cfg80211/mac80211: report signal strength for mgmt frames
Add the signal strength (in dBm only for now) to
frames that are received via nl80211's various
frame APIs.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
index 18fa9aa..97abf46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
@@ -556,7 +556,8 @@
dlen, freq, vif->probe_req_report);
if (vif->probe_req_report || vif->nw_type == AP_NETWORK)
- cfg80211_rx_mgmt(vif->ndev, freq, ev->data, dlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ cfg80211_rx_mgmt(vif->ndev, freq, 0,
+ ev->data, dlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
return 0;
}
@@ -595,7 +596,8 @@
return -EINVAL;
}
ath6kl_dbg(ATH6KL_DBG_WMI, "rx_action: len=%u freq=%u\n", dlen, freq);
- cfg80211_rx_mgmt(vif->ndev, freq, ev->data, dlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ cfg80211_rx_mgmt(vif->ndev, freq, 0,
+ ev->data, dlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 9f46c62..c37d67a 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1203,6 +1203,10 @@
* the list. This needs to be used when the driver advertises the
* capability to timeout the stations.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM: signal strength in dBm (as a 32-bit int);
+ * this attribute is (depending on the driver capabilities) added to
+ * received frames indicated with %NL80211_CMD_FRAME.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1450,6 +1454,8 @@
NL80211_ATTR_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
+ NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 8048058..4682c35 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -3189,6 +3189,7 @@
* cfg80211_rx_mgmt - notification of received, unprocessed management frame
* @dev: network device
* @freq: Frequency on which the frame was received in MHz
+ * @sig_dbm: signal strength in mBm, or 0 if unknown
* @buf: Management frame (header + body)
* @len: length of the frame data
* @gfp: context flags
@@ -3201,8 +3202,8 @@
* This function is called whenever an Action frame is received for a station
* mode interface, but is not processed in kernel.
*/
-bool cfg80211_rx_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, int freq, const u8 *buf,
- size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
+bool cfg80211_rx_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, int freq, int sig_dbm,
+ const u8 *buf, size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
/**
* cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status - notification of TX status for management frame
@@ -3315,6 +3316,7 @@
* @frame: the frame
* @len: length of the frame
* @freq: frequency the frame was received on
+ * @sig_dbm: signal strength in mBm, or 0 if unknown
* @gfp: allocation flags
*
* Use this function to report to userspace when a beacon was
@@ -3323,7 +3325,7 @@
*/
void cfg80211_report_obss_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
const u8 *frame, size_t len,
- int freq, gfp_t gfp);
+ int freq, int sig_dbm, gfp_t gfp);
/*
* cfg80211_can_beacon_sec_chan - test if ht40 on extension channel can be used
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 10bbbd3..5f6e32c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -2188,9 +2188,14 @@
if (rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
ieee80211_is_beacon(mgmt->frame_control) &&
!(rx->flags & IEEE80211_RX_BEACON_REPORTED)) {
+ int sig = 0;
+
+ if (rx->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM)
+ sig = status->signal;
+
cfg80211_report_obss_beacon(rx->local->hw.wiphy,
rx->skb->data, rx->skb->len,
- status->freq, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ status->freq, sig, GFP_ATOMIC);
rx->flags |= IEEE80211_RX_BEACON_REPORTED;
}
@@ -2414,6 +2419,7 @@
ieee80211_rx_h_userspace_mgmt(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
{
struct ieee80211_rx_status *status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(rx->skb);
+ int sig = 0;
/* skip known-bad action frames and return them in the next handler */
if (status->rx_flags & IEEE80211_RX_MALFORMED_ACTION_FRM)
@@ -2426,7 +2432,10 @@
* it transmitted were processed or returned.
*/
- if (cfg80211_rx_mgmt(rx->sdata->dev, status->freq,
+ if (rx->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM)
+ sig = status->signal;
+
+ if (cfg80211_rx_mgmt(rx->sdata->dev, status->freq, sig,
rx->skb->data, rx->skb->len,
GFP_ATOMIC)) {
if (rx->sta)
diff --git a/net/wireless/mlme.c b/net/wireless/mlme.c
index fb1e721..f5a7ac3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/mlme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/mlme.c
@@ -814,8 +814,8 @@
cookie);
}
-bool cfg80211_rx_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, int freq, const u8 *buf,
- size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
+bool cfg80211_rx_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, int freq, int sig_mbm,
+ const u8 *buf, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
{
struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
struct wiphy *wiphy = wdev->wiphy;
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@
/* found match! */
/* Indicate the received Action frame to user space */
- if (nl80211_send_mgmt(rdev, dev, reg->nlpid, freq,
+ if (nl80211_send_mgmt(rdev, dev, reg->nlpid,
+ freq, sig_mbm,
buf, len, gfp))
continue;
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 4b6afc3..39dbdf2 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -7686,7 +7686,8 @@
int nl80211_send_mgmt(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *netdev, u32 nlpid,
- int freq, const u8 *buf, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
+ int freq, int sig_dbm,
+ const u8 *buf, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
{
struct sk_buff *msg;
void *hdr;
@@ -7704,6 +7705,8 @@
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, netdev->ifindex);
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, freq);
+ if (sig_dbm)
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM, sig_dbm);
NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_FRAME, len, buf);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
@@ -7965,7 +7968,7 @@
void cfg80211_report_obss_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
const u8 *frame, size_t len,
- int freq, gfp_t gfp)
+ int freq, int sig_dbm, gfp_t gfp)
{
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wiphy);
struct sk_buff *msg;
@@ -7988,6 +7991,8 @@
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
if (freq)
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, freq);
+ if (sig_dbm)
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM, sig_dbm);
NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_FRAME, len, frame);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.h b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
index 12bf4d1..4ffe50d 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.h
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
gfp_t gfp);
int nl80211_send_mgmt(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
- struct net_device *netdev, u32 nlpid, int freq,
+ struct net_device *netdev, u32 nlpid,
+ int freq, int sig_dbm,
const u8 *buf, size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
void nl80211_send_mgmt_tx_status(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *netdev, u64 cookie,