nl80211: add an attribute to allow delaying the first scheduled scan cycle
The userspace may want to delay the the first scheduled scan or
net-detect cycle. Add an optional attribute to the scheduled scan
configuration to pass the delay to be (optionally) used by the driver.
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
[add the attribute to the policy to validate it]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index c64100e..4542e86 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@
[NL80211_ATTR_MAC_MASK] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED_REG] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
[NL80211_ATTR_NETNS_FD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
};
/* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -6205,6 +6206,10 @@
}
}
+ if (attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY])
+ request->delay =
+ nla_get_u32(attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY]);
+
request->interval = interval;
request->scan_start = jiffies;