diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 209cacee52858984a7829389fb40f1badec3e9b7..05ba3539b77efed6a9811cd4ac3dee3f0eef27ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* Copyright 2008 Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
* Copyright 2008 Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com>
* Copyright 2008 Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
- * Copyright 2008 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
+ * Copyright 2008, 2009 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
* Copyright 2008 Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
* Copyright 2008 Colin McCabe <colin@cozybit.com>
*
@@ -166,6 +166,22 @@
* set (%NL80211_ATTR_REG_TYPE), if the type of regulatory domain is
* %NL80211_REG_TYPE_COUNTRY the alpha2 to which we have moved on
* to (%NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2).
+ * @NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT: indicates to userspace that an AP beacon
+ * has been found while world roaming thus enabling active scan or
+ * any mode of operation that initiates TX (beacons) on a channel
+ * where we would not have been able to do either before. As an example
+ * if you are world roaming (regulatory domain set to world or if your
+ * driver is using a custom world roaming regulatory domain) and while
+ * doing a passive scan on the 5 GHz band you find an AP there (if not
+ * on a DFS channel) you will now be able to actively scan for that AP
+ * or use AP mode on your card on that same channel. Note that this will
+ * never be used for channels 1-11 on the 2 GHz band as they are always
+ * enabled world wide. This beacon hint is only sent if your device had
+ * either disabled active scanning or beaconing on a channel. We send to
+ * userspace the wiphy on which we removed a restriction from
+ * (%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY) and the channel on which this occurred
+ * before (%NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE) and after (%NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER)
+ * the beacon hint was processed.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE: authentication request and notification.
* This command is used both as a command (request to authenticate) and
@@ -270,6 +286,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_MICHAEL_MIC_FAILURE,
+ NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -288,6 +306,7 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
#define NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE
#define NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE
#define NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE
+#define NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT
/**
* enum nl80211_attrs - nl80211 netlink attributes
@@ -423,6 +442,17 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_KEY_TYPE: Key Type, see &enum nl80211_key_type, represented as
* a u32
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE: A channel which has suffered a regulatory change
+ * due to considerations from a beacon hint. This attribute reflects
+ * the state of the channel _before_ the beacon hint processing. This
+ * attributes consists of a nested attribute containing
+ * NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER: A channel which has suffered a regulatory change
+ * due to considerations from a beacon hint. This attribute reflects
+ * the state of the channel _after_ the beacon hint processing. This
+ * attributes consists of a nested attribute containing
+ * NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_*
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -511,6 +541,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_MAX_SCAN_IE_LEN,
+ NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE,
+ NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER,
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 7285bdc4e5984799fa56bd45c6247ae6b790e01b..85b5aa3c76f8cb14e0f37bff7c4269dc0d136b2e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3491,6 +3491,60 @@ void nl80211_michael_mic_failure(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
nlmsg_free(msg);
}
+void nl80211_send_beacon_hint_event(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct ieee80211_channel *channel_before,
+ struct ieee80211_channel *channel_after)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ void *hdr;
+ struct nlattr *nl_freq;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT);
+ if (!hdr) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Since we are applying the beacon hint to a wiphy we know its
+ * wiphy_idx is valid
+ */
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, get_wiphy_idx(wiphy));
+
+ /* Before */
+ nl_freq = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE);
+ if (!nl_freq)
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+ if (nl80211_msg_put_channel(msg, channel_before))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+ nla_nest_end(msg, nl_freq);
+
+ /* After */
+ nl_freq = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER);
+ if (!nl_freq)
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+ if (nl80211_msg_put_channel(msg, channel_after))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+ nla_nest_end(msg, nl_freq);
+
+ if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ genlmsg_multicast(msg, 0, nl80211_regulatory_mcgrp.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+ return;
+
+nla_put_failure:
+ genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+
/* initialisation/exit functions */
int nl80211_init(void)
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.h b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
index e4b92cccd157a4204b887d42489d5013e2fbff17..b3aaa59afa083e222a4f052d38efb9f2ac140346 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.h
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ nl80211_michael_mic_failure(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
enum nl80211_key_type key_type,
int key_id, const u8 *tsc);
+extern void
+nl80211_send_beacon_hint_event(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct ieee80211_channel *channel_before,
+ struct ieee80211_channel *channel_after);
+
#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_NL80211_H */
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 4af4304cec3e7db5177aa576a450a580da1d9651..574e217bcc866c1f430b98510a04d979ae89bc56 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -1049,18 +1049,10 @@ static void handle_reg_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
unsigned int chan_idx,
struct reg_beacon *reg_beacon)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG
-#define REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG(desc) \
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "cfg80211: Enabling " desc " on " \
- "frequency: %d MHz (Ch %d) on %s\n", \
- reg_beacon->chan.center_freq, \
- ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(reg_beacon->chan.center_freq), \
- wiphy_name(wiphy));
-#else
-#define REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG(desc) do {} while (0)
-#endif
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
+ bool channel_changed = false;
+ struct ieee80211_channel chan_before;
assert_cfg80211_lock();
@@ -1070,20 +1062,28 @@ static void handle_reg_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
if (likely(chan->center_freq != reg_beacon->chan.center_freq))
return;
+ if (chan->beacon_found)
+ return;
+
+ chan->beacon_found = true;
+
+ chan_before.center_freq = chan->center_freq;
+ chan_before.flags = chan->flags;
+
if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN) &&
!(chan->orig_flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN)) {
chan->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN;
- REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG("active scanning");
+ channel_changed = true;
}
if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS) &&
!(chan->orig_flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)) {
chan->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS;
- REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG("beaconing");
+ channel_changed = true;
}
- chan->beacon_found = true;
-#undef REG_DEBUG_BEACON_FLAG
+ if (channel_changed)
+ nl80211_send_beacon_hint_event(wiphy, &chan_before, chan);
}
/*