cfg80211: add feature to hold bss
In beacon filtering there needs to be a way to not expire the BSS even
when no beacons are received. Add an interface to cfg80211 to hold
BSS and make sure that it's not expired.
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 280dbcd..2a00e36 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
bool expired = false;
list_for_each_entry_safe(bss, tmp, &dev->bss_list, list) {
- if (!time_after(jiffies, bss->ts + IEEE80211_SCAN_RESULT_EXPIRE))
+ if (bss->hold ||
+ !time_after(jiffies, bss->ts + IEEE80211_SCAN_RESULT_EXPIRE))
continue;
list_del(&bss->list);
rb_erase(&bss->rbn, &dev->bss_tree);
@@ -471,6 +472,30 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_unlink_bss);
+void cfg80211_hold_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *pub)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss;
+
+ if (!pub)
+ return;
+
+ bss = container_of(pub, struct cfg80211_internal_bss, pub);
+ bss->hold = true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_hold_bss);
+
+void cfg80211_unhold_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *pub)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss;
+
+ if (!pub)
+ return;
+
+ bss = container_of(pub, struct cfg80211_internal_bss, pub);
+ bss->hold = false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_unhold_bss);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
struct iw_request_info *info,