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2008-12-19mac80211: implement dynamic power saveKalle Valo
This patch implements dynamic power save for mac80211. Basically it means enabling power save mode after an idle period. Implementing it dynamically gives a good compromise of low power consumption and low latency. Some hardware have support for this in firmware, but some require the host to do it. The dynamic power save is implemented by adding an timeout to ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(). The timeout can be enabled from userspace with Wireless Extensions. For example, the command below enables the dynamic power save and sets the time timeout to 500 ms: iwconfig wlan0 power timeout 500m Power save now only works with devices which handle power save in firmware. It's also disabled by default and the heuristics when and how to enable is considered as a policy decision and will be left for the userspace to handle. In case the firmware has support for this, drivers can disable this feature with IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS. Big thanks to Johannes Berg for the help with the design and code. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: track master queue statusKalle Valo
This is a preparation for the dynamic power save support. In future there are two paths to stop the master queues and we need to track this properly to avoid starting queues incorrectly. Implement this by adding a status array for each queue. The original idea and design is from Johannes Berg, I just did the implementation based on his notes. All the bugs are mine, of course. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: enable IEEE80211_CONF_PS only when associatedKalle Valo
Also disable power save when disassociated. It makes no sense to have power save enabled while disassociated. iwlwifi seems to have this check in the driver, but it's better to do this in mac80211 instead. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Print unknown packet type in tasklet_handlerLarry Finger
In stress testing p54usb, the WARN_ON() in ieee80211_tasklet_handler() was triggered; however, there is no logging of the received value for packet type. Adding that feature will improve the warning. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: fix a typo in ieee80211_send_assoc() method.Rami Rosen
This patch fixes a typo in ieee80211_send_assoc(), net/mac80211/mlme.c. The error is usage of a wrong member when building the ie80211 management frame (it should be assoc_req, and not reassoc_req). Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Remove radiotap rate-present flag for HTJouni Malinen
Since we do not currently report HT rates (MCS index) in radiotap header for HT rates, we should not claim the rate is present. The rate octet itself is used as padding in this case, so only the it_present flag needs to be removed in case of HT rates. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Send Layer 2 Update frame on reassociationJouni Malinen
When a STA roams back to the same AP before the previous STA entry has expired, a new STA entry is not added in mac80211. However, a Layer 2 Update frame still needs to be transmitted to update layer 2 devices about the new location for the STA. Without this, switches may continue to forward frames to the previous (now incorrect) port when STA roams between APs. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Add HT rates into RX status reportingJouni Malinen
This patch adds option for HT-enabled drivers to report HT rates (HT20/HT40, short GI, MCS index) to mac80211. These rates are currently not in the rate table, so the rate_idx is used to indicate MCS index. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Fix HT channel selectionSujith
HT management is done differently for AP and STA modes, unify to just the ->config() callback since HT is fundamentally a PHY property and cannot be per-BSS. Rename enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset as nl80211_channel_type to denote the channel type ( NO_HT, HT20, HT40+, HT40- ). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19nl80211: Add signal strength and bandwith to nl80211station infoHenning Rogge
This patch adds signal strength and transmission bitrate to the station_info of nl80211. Signed-off-by: Henning Rogge <rogge@fgan.de> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19tcp: Stop scaring users with "treason uncloaked!"Matt Mackall
The original message was unhelpful and extremely alarming to our poor users, despite its charm. Make it less frightening. Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-19Revert "xfrm: Accept ESP packets regardless of UDP encapsulation mode"David S. Miller
This reverts commit e061b165c7f4ec5e2e160d990b49011b5b6e5c6a. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-18Revert "net: release skb->dst in sock_queue_rcv_skb()"David S. Miller
This reverts commit 70355602879229c6f8bd694ec9c0814222bc4936. As pointed out by Mark McLoughlin IP_PKTINFO cmsg data is one post-queueing user, so this optimization is not valid right now. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-18dccp_diag: LISTEN sockets don't have CCIDsArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
And thus when we try to use 'ss -danemi' on these sockets that have no ccid blocks (data collected using systemtap after I fixed the problem): dccp_diag_get_info sk=0xffff8801220a3100, dp->dccps_hc_rx_ccid=0x0000000000000000, dp->dccps_hc_tx_ccid=0x0000000000000000 We get an OOPS: mica.ghostprotocols.net login: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereferenc0 IP: [<ffffffffa0136082>] dccp_diag_get_info+0x82/0xc0 [dccp_diag] PGD 12106f067 PUD 122488067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT Fix is trivial, and 'ss -d' is working again: [root@mica ~]# ss -danemi State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port Peer Address:Port LISTEN 0 0 *:5001 *:* ino:7288 sk:220a3100ffff8801 mem:(r0,w0,f0,t0) cwnd:0 ssthresh:0 [root@mica ~]# Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-17Phonet: get rid of deferred work on the transmission pathRémi Denis-Courmont
Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-17Phonet: use atomic for packet TX windowRémi Denis-Courmont
GPRS TX flow control won't need to lock the underlying socket anymore. Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-17Phonet: allocate separate ARP type for GPRS over a Phonet pipeRémi Denis-Courmont
A separate xmit lock class supports GPRS over a Phonet pipe over a TUN device (type ARPHRD_NONE). Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-17Phonet: allocate a non-Ethernet ARP typeRémi Denis-Courmont
Also leave some room for more 802.11 types. Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16ipv6: fix the outgoing interface selection order in udpv6_sendmsg()Yang Hongyang
1.When no interface is specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO ancillary data item, the interface specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO sticky optionis is used. RFC3542: 6.7. Summary of Outgoing Interface Selection This document and [RFC-3493] specify various methods that affect the selection of the packet's outgoing interface. This subsection summarizes the ordering among those in order to ensure deterministic behavior. For a given outgoing packet on a given socket, the outgoing interface is determined in the following order: 1. if an interface is specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO ancillary data item, the interface is used. 2. otherwise, if an interface is specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO sticky option, the interface is used. Signed-off-by: Yang Hongyang <yanghy@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16ipv6: fix the return interface index when get it while no message is receivedYang Hongyang
When get receiving interface index while no message is received, the the value seted with setsockopt() should be returned. RFC 3542: Issuing getsockopt() for the above options will return the sticky option value i.e., the value set with setsockopt(). If no sticky option value has been set getsockopt() will return the following values: - For the IPV6_PKTINFO option, it will return an in6_pktinfo structure with ipi6_addr being in6addr_any and ipi6_ifindex being zero. Signed-off-by: Yang Hongyang <yanghy@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16ipv6: Add IPV6_PKTINFO sticky option support to setsockopt()Yang Hongyang
There are three reasons for me to add this support: 1.When no interface is specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO ancillary data item, the interface specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO sticky optionis is used. RFC3542: 6.7. Summary of Outgoing Interface Selection This document and [RFC-3493] specify various methods that affect the selection of the packet's outgoing interface. This subsection summarizes the ordering among those in order to ensure deterministic behavior. For a given outgoing packet on a given socket, the outgoing interface is determined in the following order: 1. if an interface is specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO ancillary data item, the interface is used. 2. otherwise, if an interface is specified in an IPV6_PKTINFO sticky option, the interface is used. 2.When no IPV6_PKTINFO ancillary data is received,getsockopt() should return the sticky option value which set with setsockopt(). RFC 3542: Issuing getsockopt() for the above options will return the sticky option value i.e., the value set with setsockopt(). If no sticky option value has been set getsockopt() will return the following values: 3.Make the setsockopt implementation POSIX compliant. Signed-off-by: Yang Hongyang <yanghy@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16Phonet: improve GPRS variable namesRémi Denis-Courmont
Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16ipmr: merge common codeIlpo Järvinen
Also removes redundant skb->len < x check which can't be true once pskb_may_pull(skb, x) succeeded. $ diff-funcs pim_rcv ipmr.c ipmr.c pim_rcv_v1 --- ipmr.c:pim_rcv() +++ ipmr.c:pim_rcv_v1() @@ -1,22 +1,27 @@ -static int pim_rcv(struct sk_buff * skb) +int pim_rcv_v1(struct sk_buff * skb) { - struct pimreghdr *pim; + struct igmphdr *pim; struct iphdr *encap; struct net_device *reg_dev = NULL; if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*pim) + sizeof(*encap))) goto drop; - pim = (struct pimreghdr *)skb_transport_header(skb); - if (pim->type != ((PIM_VERSION<<4)|(PIM_REGISTER)) || - (pim->flags&PIM_NULL_REGISTER) || - (ip_compute_csum((void *)pim, sizeof(*pim)) != 0 && - csum_fold(skb_checksum(skb, 0, skb->len, 0)))) + pim = igmp_hdr(skb); + + if (!mroute_do_pim || + skb->len < sizeof(*pim) + sizeof(*encap) || + pim->group != PIM_V1_VERSION || pim->code != PIM_V1_REGISTER) goto drop; - /* check if the inner packet is destined to mcast group */ encap = (struct iphdr *)(skb_transport_header(skb) + - sizeof(struct pimreghdr)); + sizeof(struct igmphdr)); + /* + Check that: + a. packet is really destinted to a multicast group + b. packet is not a NULL-REGISTER + c. packet is not truncated + */ if (!ipv4_is_multicast(encap->daddr) || encap->tot_len == 0 || ntohs(encap->tot_len) + sizeof(*pim) > skb->len) @@ -40,9 +45,9 @@ skb->ip_summed = 0; skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST; dst_release(skb->dst); + skb->dst = NULL; reg_dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len; reg_dev->stats.rx_packets++; - skb->dst = NULL; nf_reset(skb); netif_rx(skb); dev_put(reg_dev); $ codiff net/ipv4/ipmr.o.old net/ipv4/ipmr.o.new net/ipv4/ipmr.c: pim_rcv_v1 | -283 pim_rcv | -284 2 functions changed, 567 bytes removed net/ipv4/ipmr.c: __pim_rcv | +307 1 function changed, 307 bytes added net/ipv4/ipmr.o.new: 3 functions changed, 307 bytes added, 567 bytes removed, diff: -260 (Tested on x86_64). It seems that pimlen arg could be left out as well and eq-sizedness of structs trapped with BUILD_BUG_ON but I don't think that's more than a cosmetic flaw since there aren't that many args anyway. Compile tested. Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16ethtool: Add GGRO and SGRO opsHerbert Xu
This patch adds the ethtool ops to enable and disable GRO. It also makes GRO depend on RX checksum offload much the same as how TSO depends on SG support. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16tcp: Add GRO supportHerbert Xu
This patch adds the TCP-specific portion of GRO. The criterion for merging is extremely strict (the TCP header must match exactly apart from the checksum) so as to allow refragmentation. Otherwise this is pretty much identical to LRO, except that we support the merging of ECN packets. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16net: Add skb_gro_receiveHerbert Xu
This patch adds the helper skb_gro_receive to merge packets for GRO. The current method is to allocate a new header skb and then chain the original packets to its frag_list. This is done to make it easier to integrate into the existing GSO framework. In future as GSO is moved into the drivers, we can undo this and simply chain the original packets together. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16ipv4: Add GRO infrastructureHerbert Xu
This patch adds GRO support for IPv4. The criteria for merging is more stringent than LRO, in particular, we require all fields in the IP header to be identical except for the length, ID and checksum. In addition, the ID must form an arithmetic sequence with a difference of one. The ID requirement might seem overly strict, however, most hardware TSO solutions already obey this rule. Linux itself also obeys this whether GSO is in use or not. In future we could relax this rule by storing the IDs (or rather making sure that we don't drop them when pulling the aggregate skb's tail). Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16net: Add Generic Receive Offload infrastructureHerbert Xu
This patch adds the top-level GRO (Generic Receive Offload) infrastructure. This is pretty similar to LRO except that this is protocol-independent. Instead of holding packets in an lro_mgr structure, they're now held in napi_struct. For drivers that intend to use this, they can set the NETIF_F_GRO bit and call napi_gro_receive instead of netif_receive_skb or just call netif_rx. The latter will call napi_receive_skb automatically. When napi_gro_receive is used, the driver must either call napi_complete/napi_rx_complete, or call napi_gro_flush in softirq context if the driver uses the primitives __napi_complete/__napi_rx_complete. Protocols will set the gro_receive and gro_complete function pointers in order to participate in this scheme. In addition to the packet, gro_receive will get a list of currently held packets. Each packet in the list has a same_flow field which is non-zero if it is a potential match for the new packet. For each packet that may match, they also have a flush field which is non-zero if the held packet must not be merged with the new packet. Once gro_receive has determined that the new skb matches a held packet, the held packet may be processed immediately if the new skb cannot be merged with it. In this case gro_receive should return the pointer to the existing skb in gro_list. Otherwise the new skb should be merged into the existing packet and NULL should be returned, unless the new skb makes it impossible for any further merges to be made (e.g., FIN packet) where the merged skb should be returned. Whenever the skb is merged into an existing entry, the gro_receive function should set NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->same_flow. Note that if an skb merely matches an existing entry but can't be merged with it, then this shouldn't be set. If gro_receive finds it pointless to hold the new skb for future merging, it should set NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush. Held packets will be flushed by napi_gro_flush which is called by napi_complete and napi_rx_complete. Currently held packets are stored in a singly liked list just like LRO. The list is limited to a maximum of 8 entries. In future, this may be expanded to use a hash table to allow more flows to be held for merging. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16net: Add frag_list support to GSOHerbert Xu
This patch allows GSO to handle frag_list in a limited way for the purposes of allowing packets merged by GRO to be refragmented on output. Most hardware won't (and aren't expected to) support handling GRO frag_list packets directly. Therefore we will perform GSO in software for those cases. However, for drivers that can support it (such as virtual NICs) we may not have to segment the packets at all. Whether the added overhead of GRO/GSO is worthwhile for bridges and routers when weighed against the benefit of potentially increasing the MTU within the host is still an open question. However, for the case of host nodes this is undoubtedly a win. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16net: Add frag_list support to skb_segmentHerbert Xu
This patch adds limited support for handling frag_list packets in skb_segment. The intention is to support GRO (Generic Receive Offload) packets which will be constructed by chaining normal packets using frag_list. As such we require all frag_list members terminate on exact MSS boundaries. This is checked using BUG_ON. As there should only be one producer in the kernel of such packets, namely GRO, this requirement should not be difficult to maintain. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
2008-12-16Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: Phonet: keep TX queue disabled when the device is off SCHED: netem: Correct documentation comment in code. netfilter: update rwlock initialization for nat_table netlabel: Compiler warning and NULL pointer dereference fix e1000e: fix double release of mutex IA64: HP_SIMETH needs to depend upon NET netpoll: fix race on poll_list resulting in garbage entry ipv6: silence log messages for locally generated multicast sungem: improve ethtool output with internal pcs and serdes tcp: tcp_vegas cong avoid fix sungem: Make PCS PHY support partially work again.
2008-12-15net: fix dcbnl_setnumtcs operation checkDon Skidmore
dcbml_setnumtcs wasn't checking for the presence of the setnumtcs function. Instead, it was checking for setstate which was a bug. Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Eric W Multanen <eric.w.multanen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15Phonet: keep TX queue disabled when the device is offRémi Denis-Courmont
Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15SCHED: netem: Correct documentation comment in code.Jesper Dangaard Brouer
The netem simulator is no longer limited by Linux timer resolution HZ. Not since Patrick McHardy changed the QoS system to use hrtimer. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15netfilter: update rwlock initialization for nat_tableSteven Rostedt
The commit e099a173573ce1ba171092aee7bb3c72ea686e59 (netfilter: netns nat: per-netns NAT table) renamed the nat_table from __nat_table to nat_table without updating the __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(__nat_table.lock). Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15rpc/rdma: goto instead of copypasteIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15nf/dccp: merge errorpathsIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15irda: merge exit pathsIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15bt/rfcomm/tty: join error pathsIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15ax25: join the return paths that free skbIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15can: merge error pathsIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15xfrm: join error pathsIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15ip6mr: use goto to common label instead of opencodingIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15ipv6/mcast: join error paths using gotoIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15xfrm6_tunnel: join error paths using gotoIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-15icsk: join error paths using gotoIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-12mac80211: misc cleanupsRami Rosen
This patch removes unneeded member (skbuff) from ieee80211_ibss_add_sta() method in its declaration (in ieee80211_i.h) and its callers (in rx.c and mlme.c) This patch removes unneeded member from struct ieee80211_rx_data in ieee80211_i.h. (Originally posted as two patches. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12rfkill: strip pointless notifier chainJohannes Berg
No users, so no reason to have it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211: Disable requests for new scans in AP modeJouni Malinen
AP mode operations are seriously affected if mac80211 runs through a multi-second scan while the AP is trying to send Beacon frames on the operation channel. While this could be implemented in a way that does not cause too many problems, it is not very simple and will require synchronization with Beacon frame scheduling in the drivers (scan one channel at a time between Beacon frames). Furthermore, such scanning takes quite a bit longer time and existing userspace applications would be likely to timeout while waiting for the results. For now, just refuse requests for new scans (SIOCSIWSCAN) when in AP mode. In practice, this moves the rejection from iwl* drivers into mac80211 to make it apply to every mac80211-based driver. This issue shows up in associated stations getting disconnected when something (e.g., Network Manager) requests a scan while the interface is in AP mode. When doing this continuously (e.g., NM does it every 120 seconds), the network gets close to useless. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>