nl80211: allow BSS data to include CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamp

For location and connectivity services, userspace would often like
to know the time when the BSS was last seen. The current "last seen"
value is calculated in a way that makes it less useful, especially
if the system suspended in the meantime.

Add the ability for the driver to report a real CLOCK_BOOTTIME stamp
that can then be reported to userspace (if present).

Drivers wishing to use this must be converted to the new API to call
cfg80211_inform_bss_data() or cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data(). They
need to ensure the reported value is accurate enough even when the
frame might have been buffered in the device (e.g. firmware.)

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com>
[modified to use struct, inlines]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Dmitry Shmidt
2015-10-07 11:32:53 +02:00
committed by Johannes Berg
parent 93f0490e5d
commit 6e19bc4b70
7 changed files with 130 additions and 60 deletions

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@@ -3364,6 +3364,9 @@ enum nl80211_bss_scan_width {
* (not present if no beacon frame has been received yet)
* @NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA: the data in @NL80211_BSS_INFORMATION_ELEMENTS and
* @NL80211_BSS_TSF is known to be from a probe response (flag attribute)
* @NL80211_BSS_LAST_SEEN_BOOTTIME: CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamp when this entry
* was last updated by a received frame. The value is expected to be
* accurate to about 10ms. (u64, nanoseconds)
* @__NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST: internal
* @NL80211_BSS_MAX: highest BSS attribute
*/
@@ -3383,6 +3386,7 @@ enum nl80211_bss {
NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH,
NL80211_BSS_BEACON_TSF,
NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA,
NL80211_BSS_LAST_SEEN_BOOTTIME,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST,