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authorHelmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>2015-09-09 09:46:32 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2015-09-29 15:56:33 +0200
commit35afa588624c4f9e19a0edfbb51769b59c90bb0d (patch)
tree49f7cb4995e98ef153d51068fccda7e5b3ccd852 /net/mac80211
parent5359d112dcb081fd7a5f2de287fa995f6ba0800c (diff)
downloadlinux-35afa588624c4f9e19a0edfbb51769b59c90bb0d.tar.bz2
mac80211: Copy tx'ed beacons to monitor mode
When debugging wireless powersave issues on the AP side it's quite helpful to see our own beacons that are transmitted by the hardware/driver. However, this is not that easy since beacons don't pass through the regular TX queues. Preferably drivers would call ieee80211_tx_status also for tx'ed beacons but that's not always possible. Hence, just send a copy of each beacon generated by ieee80211_beacon_get_tim to monitor devices when they are getting fetched by the driver. Also add a HW flag IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_TX_STATUS that can be used by drivers to indicate that they report TX status for beacons. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> (with a fix from Christian Lamparted rolled in) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/debugfs.c1
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c19
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
index 41726fd4bb78..3636b45440ab 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static const char *hw_flag_names[NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS + 1] = {
FLAG(SINGLE_SCAN_ON_ALL_BANDS),
FLAG(TDLS_WIDER_BW),
FLAG(SUPPORTS_AMSDU_IN_AMPDU),
+ FLAG(BEACON_TX_STATUS),
/* keep last for the build bug below */
(void *)0x1
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 84e0e8c7fb23..73540723be37 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -3512,6 +3512,12 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
{
struct ieee80211_mutable_offsets offs = {};
struct sk_buff *bcn = __ieee80211_beacon_get(hw, vif, &offs, false);
+ struct sk_buff *copy;
+ struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+ int shift;
+
+ if (!bcn)
+ return bcn;
if (tim_offset)
*tim_offset = offs.tim_offset;
@@ -3519,6 +3525,19 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
if (tim_length)
*tim_length = offs.tim_length;
+ if (ieee80211_hw_check(hw, BEACON_TX_STATUS) ||
+ !hw_to_local(hw)->monitors)
+ return bcn;
+
+ /* send a copy to monitor interfaces */
+ copy = skb_copy(bcn, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!copy)
+ return bcn;
+
+ shift = ieee80211_vif_get_shift(vif);
+ sband = hw->wiphy->bands[ieee80211_get_sdata_band(vif_to_sdata(vif))];
+ ieee80211_tx_monitor(hw_to_local(hw), copy, sband, 1, shift, false);
+
return bcn;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_beacon_get_tim);