mac80211: add support for tx to abort low priority scan requests
Use NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_LOW_PRIORITY flag in mac80211's scan state
machine to prematurely terminate scan operations if outbound
traffic collides. This is useful for marking background scans so
they don't affect throughput.
Signed-off-by: Sam Leffler <sleffler@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
[set feature flag only if software scan is used]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 6327816..02e4793 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -866,6 +866,7 @@
* @SCAN_SUSPEND: Suspend the scan and go back to operating channel to
* send out data
* @SCAN_RESUME: Resume the scan and scan the next channel
+ * @SCAN_ABORT: Abort the scan and go back to operating channel
*/
enum mac80211_scan_state {
SCAN_DECISION,
@@ -873,6 +874,7 @@
SCAN_SEND_PROBE,
SCAN_SUSPEND,
SCAN_RESUME,
+ SCAN_ABORT,
};
struct ieee80211_local {