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mac80211: rework scanning to account for probe response/beacon difference 

This patch reworks the scanning code (ieee80211_rx_bss_info) to take
more parameters from beacons and keep a BSS info structure alive when
only beacons for it are received. This fixes a problem with iwlwifi
drivers (where we don't understand the root cause of the problem yet)
and another driver for some broken hardware (which cannot send probe
requests unless associated, so can't always actively scan.)

Signed-off-by: Bill Moss <bmoss@clemson.edu>
[jmberg: reformatted comments, make probe_resp a bool]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Johannes Berg 2008-04-16 17:43:20 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 194828a292
commit 30b89b0f5e
2 changed files with 52 additions and 35 deletions
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net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
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@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct ieee80211_sta_bss {
u64 timestamp;
int beacon_int;
int probe_resp;
bool probe_resp;
unsigned long last_update;
/* during assocation, we save an ERP value from a probe response so

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net/mac80211/mlme.c
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@ -2588,22 +2588,29 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct net_device *dev,
#endif
}
bss->band = rx_status->band;
if (sdata->vif.type != IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS &&
bss->probe_resp && beacon) {
/* STA mode:
* Do not allow beacon to override data from Probe Response. */
ieee80211_rx_bss_put(dev, bss);
return;
}
/* save the ERP value so that it is available at association time */
if (elems.erp_info && elems.erp_info_len >= 1) {
bss->erp_value = elems.erp_info[0];
bss->has_erp_value = 1;
}
if (elems.ht_cap_elem &&
(!bss->ht_ie || bss->ht_ie_len != elems.ht_cap_elem_len ||
memcmp(bss->ht_ie, elems.ht_cap_elem, elems.ht_cap_elem_len))) {
kfree(bss->ht_ie);
bss->ht_ie = kmalloc(elems.ht_cap_elem_len + 2, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (bss->ht_ie) {
memcpy(bss->ht_ie, elems.ht_cap_elem - 2,
elems.ht_cap_elem_len + 2);
bss->ht_ie_len = elems.ht_cap_elem_len + 2;
} else
bss->ht_ie_len = 0;
} else if (!elems.ht_cap_elem && bss->ht_ie) {
kfree(bss->ht_ie);
bss->ht_ie = NULL;
bss->ht_ie_len = 0;
}
bss->beacon_int = le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.beacon.beacon_int);
bss->capability = le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.beacon.capab_info);
@ -2625,6 +2632,26 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct net_device *dev,
bss->supp_rates_len += clen;
}
bss->band = rx_status->band;
bss->timestamp = beacon_timestamp;
bss->last_update = jiffies;
bss->rssi = rx_status->ssi;
bss->signal = rx_status->signal;
bss->noise = rx_status->noise;
if (!beacon && !bss->probe_resp)
bss->probe_resp = true;
/*
* In STA mode, the remaining parameters should not be overridden
* by beacons because they're not necessarily accurate there.
*/
if (sdata->vif.type != IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS &&
bss->probe_resp && beacon) {
ieee80211_rx_bss_put(dev, bss);
return;
}
if (elems.wpa &&
(!bss->wpa_ie || bss->wpa_ie_len != elems.wpa_len ||
memcmp(bss->wpa_ie, elems.wpa, elems.wpa_len))) {
@ -2657,6 +2684,20 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct net_device *dev,
bss->rsn_ie_len = 0;
}
/*
* Cf.
* http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2007047181&IA=WO2007047181&DISPLAY=DESC
*
* quoting:
*
* In particular, "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED for WMM - Support for Multimedia
* Applications with Quality of Service in Wi-Fi Networks," Wi- Fi
* Alliance (September 1, 2004) is incorporated by reference herein.
* The inclusion of the WMM Parameters in probe responses and
* association responses is mandatory for WMM enabled networks. The
* inclusion of the WMM Parameters in beacons, however, is optional.
*/
if (elems.wmm_param &&
(!bss->wmm_ie || bss->wmm_ie_len != elems.wmm_param_len ||
memcmp(bss->wmm_ie, elems.wmm_param, elems.wmm_param_len))) {
@ -2673,30 +2714,6 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct net_device *dev,
bss->wmm_ie = NULL;
bss->wmm_ie_len = 0;
}
if (elems.ht_cap_elem &&
(!bss->ht_ie || bss->ht_ie_len != elems.ht_cap_elem_len ||
memcmp(bss->ht_ie, elems.ht_cap_elem, elems.ht_cap_elem_len))) {
kfree(bss->ht_ie);
bss->ht_ie = kmalloc(elems.ht_cap_elem_len + 2, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (bss->ht_ie) {
memcpy(bss->ht_ie, elems.ht_cap_elem - 2,
elems.ht_cap_elem_len + 2);
bss->ht_ie_len = elems.ht_cap_elem_len + 2;
} else
bss->ht_ie_len = 0;
} else if (!elems.ht_cap_elem && bss->ht_ie) {
kfree(bss->ht_ie);
bss->ht_ie = NULL;
bss->ht_ie_len = 0;
}
bss->timestamp = beacon_timestamp;
bss->last_update = jiffies;
bss->rssi = rx_status->ssi;
bss->signal = rx_status->signal;
bss->noise = rx_status->noise;
if (!beacon)
bss->probe_resp++;
/* check if we need to merge IBSS */
if (sdata->vif.type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS && beacon &&