mac80211: send a CSA action frame when changing channel
authorSimon Wunderlich <simon.wunderlich@s2003.tu-chemnitz.de>
Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:41:32 +0000 (13:41 +0200)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:27:15 +0000 (13:27 +0200)
IBSS members may not immediately be able to send out their beacon when
performing CSA, therefore also send a CSA action frame.

Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Mathias Kretschmer <mathias.kretschmer@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
net/mac80211/ibss.c

index c0042136f1d847702723cf637414aaf19aae36f8..5ea9b3ae303e88b9ab44998f3af7edff16002f33 100644 (file)
@@ -428,6 +428,60 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                                  tsf, false);
 }
 
+static int ieee80211_send_action_csa(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+                                    struct cfg80211_csa_settings *csa_settings)
+{
+       struct sk_buff *skb;
+       struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt;
+       struct ieee80211_if_ibss *ifibss = &sdata->u.ibss;
+       struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
+       int freq;
+       int hdr_len = offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.action.u.chan_switch) +
+                     sizeof(mgmt->u.action.u.chan_switch);
+       u8 *pos;
+
+       skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->tx_headroom + hdr_len +
+                           5 + /* channel switch announcement element */
+                           3); /* secondary channel offset element */
+       if (!skb)
+               return -1;
+
+       skb_reserve(skb, local->tx_headroom);
+       mgmt = (struct ieee80211_mgmt *)skb_put(skb, hdr_len);
+       memset(mgmt, 0, hdr_len);
+       mgmt->frame_control = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT |
+                                         IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION);
+
+       eth_broadcast_addr(mgmt->da);
+       memcpy(mgmt->sa, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
+       memcpy(mgmt->bssid, ifibss->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
+       mgmt->u.action.category = WLAN_CATEGORY_SPECTRUM_MGMT;
+       mgmt->u.action.u.chan_switch.action_code = WLAN_ACTION_SPCT_CHL_SWITCH;
+       pos = skb_put(skb, 5);
+       *pos++ = WLAN_EID_CHANNEL_SWITCH;                       /* EID */
+       *pos++ = 3;                                             /* IE length */
+       *pos++ = csa_settings->block_tx ? 1 : 0;                /* CSA mode */
+       freq = csa_settings->chandef.chan->center_freq;
+       *pos++ = ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(freq);          /* channel */
+       *pos++ = csa_settings->count;                           /* count */
+
+       if (csa_settings->chandef.width == NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_40) {
+               enum nl80211_channel_type ch_type;
+
+               skb_put(skb, 3);
+               *pos++ = WLAN_EID_SECONDARY_CHANNEL_OFFSET;     /* EID */
+               *pos++ = 1;                                     /* IE length */
+               ch_type = cfg80211_get_chandef_type(&csa_settings->chandef);
+               if (ch_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS)
+                       *pos++ = IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE;
+               else
+                       *pos++ = IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_BELOW;
+       }
+
+       ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 int ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                              struct cfg80211_csa_settings *csa_settings)
 {
@@ -480,6 +534,12 @@ int ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        if (old_presp)
                kfree_rcu(old_presp, rcu_head);
 
+       /* it might not send the beacon for a while. send an action frame
+        * immediately to announce the channel switch.
+        */
+       if (csa_settings)
+               ieee80211_send_action_csa(sdata, csa_settings);
+
        ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON);
  out:
        return ret;