kernel/net/mac80211/work.c, branch linux-rolling-stable

mac80211: unify SW/offload remain-on-channel

2012-06-06T19:31:18Z

Redesign all the off-channel code, getting rid of the generic off-channel work concept, replacing it with a simple remain-on-channel list. This fixes a number of small issues with the ROC implementation: * offloaded remain-on-channel couldn't be queued, now we can queue it as well, if needed * in iwlwifi (the only user) offloaded ROC is mutually exclusive with scanning, use the new queue to handle that case -- I expect that it will later depend on a HW flag The bigger issue though is that there's a bad bug in the current implementation: if we get a mgmt TX request while HW roc is active, and this new request has a wait time, we actually schedule a software ROC instead since we can't guarantee the existing offloaded ROC will still be that long. To fix this, the queuing mechanism was needed. The queuing mechanism for offloaded ROC isn't yet optimal, ideally we should add API to have the HW extend the ROC if needed. We could add that later but for now use a software implementation. Overall, this unifies the behaviour between the offloaded and software-implemented case as much as possible. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: protect ->scanning by mutex in ieee80211_work_work()

2012-04-13T18:31:50Z

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: do not scan and monitor connection in parallel

2012-04-13T18:31:49Z

Before we send probes in connection monitoring we check if scan is not pending. But we do that check without locking. Fix that and also do not start scan if connection monitoring is in progress. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: redesign auth/assoc

2012-02-06T19:50:37Z

This is the second part of the auth/assoc redesign, the mac80211 part. This moves the auth/assoc code out of the work abstraction and into the MLME, so that we don't flip channels all the time etc. The only downside is that when we are associated, we need to drop the association in order to create a connection to another AP, but for most drivers this is actually desirable and the ability to do was never used by any applications. If we want to implement resource reservation with FT-OTA, we'd probably best do it with explicit R-O-C in wpa_s. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: In IBSS the DA field of auth frames is different from BSSID

2012-01-24T19:08:39Z

In case of authentication frame exchange between two IBSS STAs, the DA field must contain the destinatioin address (instead of the BSSID). Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: revert on-channel work optimisations

2011-11-30T20:08:31Z

The on-channel work optimisations have caused a number of issues, and the code is unfortunately very complex and almost impossible to follow. Instead of attempting to put in more workarounds let's just remove those optimisations, we can work on them again later, after we change the whole auth/assoc design. This should fix rate_control_send_low() warnings, see RH bug 731365. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: Support ht-cap over-rides.

2011-11-21T21:22:06Z

This implements ht-cap over-rides for mac80211 drivers. HT may be disabled, making an /a/b/g/n station act like an a/b/g station. HT40 may be disabled forcing the station to be HT20 even if the AP and local hardware support HT40. MAX-AMSDU may be disabled. AMPDU-Density may be increased. AMPDU-Factor may be decreased. This has been successfully tested with ath9k using patched wpa_supplicant and iw. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: simplify ieee80211_work_work

2011-11-09T21:01:01Z

Since local->tmp_channel is always NULL in one branch, some code paths will newer be taken in that branch, so remove them. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless

2011-11-09T19:49:23Z

mac80211: Add HT helper functions

2011-11-08T20:54:32Z

Some refactoring for IBSS HT. Move HT info and capability IEs building code into separate functions. Add function to get the channel type from an HT info IE. Signed-off-by: Alexander Simon Signed-off-by: John W. Linville