mac80211: introduce ieee80211_beacon_get_tim()

Compared to ieee80211_beacon_get(), the new function
ieee80211_beacon_get_tim() returns information on the
location and length of the TIM IE, which some drivers
need in order to generate the TIM on the device. The
old function, ieee80211_beacon_get(), becomes a small
static inline wrapper around the new one to not break
all drivers.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 2c9d3c7..bd0bbc3 100644 (file)
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1743,19 +1743,45 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
                                 struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /**
- * ieee80211_beacon_get - beacon generation function
+ * ieee80211_beacon_get_tim - beacon generation function
  * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf.
+ * @tim_offset: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE offset.
+ *     Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
+ * @tim_length: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE length,
+ *     (including the ID and length bytes!).
+ *     Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
+ *
+ * If the driver implements beaconing modes, it must use this function to
+ * obtain the beacon frame/template.
  *
  * If the beacon frames are generated by the host system (i.e., not in
- * hardware/firmware), the low-level driver uses this function to receive
- * the next beacon frame from the 802.11 code. The low-level is responsible
- * for calling this function before beacon data is needed (e.g., based on
- * hardware interrupt). Returned skb is used only once and low-level driver
- * is responsible for freeing it.
+ * hardware/firmware), the driver uses this function to get each beacon
+ * frame from mac80211 -- it is responsible for calling this function
+ * before the beacon is needed (e.g. based on hardware interrupt).
+ *
+ * If the beacon frames are generated by the device, then the driver
+ * must use the returned beacon as the template and change the TIM IE
+ * according to the current DTIM parameters/TIM bitmap.
+ *
+ * The driver is responsible for freeing the returned skb.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+                                        struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+                                        u16 *tim_offset, u16 *tim_length);
+
+/**
+ * ieee80211_beacon_get - beacon generation function
+ * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
+ * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf.
+ *
+ * See ieee80211_beacon_get_tim().
  */
-struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-                                    struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+static inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+                                                  struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
+{
+       return ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(hw, vif, NULL, NULL);
+}
 
 /**
  * ieee80211_rts_get - RTS frame generation function

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index cb06d8e..8595d14 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2012,8 +2012,9 @@ static void ieee80211_beacon_add_tim(struct ieee80211_if_ap *bss,
        }
 }
 
-struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-                                    struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
+struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+                                        struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+                                        u16 *tim_offset, u16 *tim_length)
 {
        struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
        struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
@@ -2030,6 +2031,11 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
        sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
 
+       if (tim_offset)
+               *tim_offset = 0;
+       if (tim_length)
+               *tim_length = 0;
+
        if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
                ap = &sdata->u.ap;
                beacon = rcu_dereference(ap->beacon);
@@ -2065,6 +2071,11 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
                                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
                        }
 
+                       if (tim_offset)
+                               *tim_offset = beacon->head_len;
+                       if (tim_length)
+                               *tim_length = skb->len - beacon->head_len;
+
                        if (beacon->tail)
                                memcpy(skb_put(skb, beacon->tail_len),
                                       beacon->tail, beacon->tail_len);
@@ -2141,7 +2152,7 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return skb;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_beacon_get);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_beacon_get_tim);
 
 void ieee80211_rts_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
                       const void *frame, size_t frame_len,