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cfg80211: allow using CQM event to notify packet loss

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This adds the ability for drivers to use CQM events
to notify about packet loss for specific stations
(which could be the AP for the managed mode case).
Since the threshold might be determined by the
driver (it isn't passed in right now) it will be
passed out of the driver to userspace in the event.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Johannes Berg
2010-11-24 08:10:05 +01:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 79b1c460a0
commit c063dbf52b
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net/wireless/nl80211.c
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@@ -5715,6 +5715,51 @@ nl80211_send_cqm_rssi_notify(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
nlmsg_free(msg);
}
void
nl80211_send_cqm_pktloss_notify(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *netdev, const u8 *peer,
u32 num_packets, gfp_t gfp)
{
struct sk_buff *msg;
struct nlattr *pinfoattr;
void *hdr;
msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp);
if (!msg)
return;
hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_NOTIFY_CQM);
if (!hdr) {
nlmsg_free(msg);
return;
}
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, netdev->ifindex);
NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, peer);
pinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CQM);
if (!pinfoattr)
goto nla_put_failure;
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CQM_PKT_LOSS_EVENT, num_packets);
nla_nest_end(msg, pinfoattr);
if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0) {
nlmsg_free(msg);
return;
}
genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp);
return;
nla_put_failure:
genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
nlmsg_free(msg);
}
static int nl80211_netlink_notify(struct notifier_block * nb,
unsigned long state,
void *_notify)