mac80211: Send the management frame at requested rate

Whenever the scan request or tx_mgmt is requesting not to
use CCK rate for managemet frames through
NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE attribute, then mac80211 should
select appropriate least non-CCK rate. This could help to
send P2P probes and P2P action frames at non 11b rates
without diabling 11b rates globally.

Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Rajkumar Manoharan 2011-09-25 14:53:31 +05:30 committed by John W. Linville
parent e9f935e3e8
commit aad14ceb45
8 changed files with 46 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
* @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_TKIP_MIC_FAILURE: Marks this packet to be used for TKIP
* testing. It will be sent out with incorrect Michael MIC key to allow
* TKIP countermeasures to be tested.
* @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE: This frame will be sent at non CCK rate.
* This flag is actually used for management frame especially for P2P
* frames not being sent at CCK rate in 2GHz band.
*
* Note: If you have to add new flags to the enumeration, then don't
* forget to update %IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS when necessary.
@ -393,6 +396,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC = BIT(23) | BIT(24),
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN = BIT(25),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_TKIP_MIC_FAILURE = BIT(26),
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE = BIT(27),
};
#define IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT 23

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@ -1897,6 +1897,9 @@ static int ieee80211_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN;
}
if (no_cck)
flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE;
if (is_offchan && !offchan)
return -EBUSY;

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@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_build_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst,
const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len,
u32 ratemask, bool directed);
u32 ratemask, bool directed, bool no_cck);
void ieee80211_sta_def_wmm_params(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
const size_t supp_rates_len,

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@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
} else {
ssid = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(ifmgd->associated, WLAN_EID_SSID);
ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, dst, ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0,
(u32) -1, true);
(u32) -1, true, false);
}
ifmgd->probe_send_count++;

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@ -233,6 +233,27 @@ static void rc_send_low_broadcast(s8 *idx, u32 basic_rates,
/* could not find a basic rate; use original selection */
}
static inline s8
rate_lowest_non_cck_index(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
struct ieee80211_rate *srate = &sband->bitrates[i];
if ((srate->bitrate == 10) || (srate->bitrate == 20) ||
(srate->bitrate == 55) || (srate->bitrate == 110))
continue;
if (rate_supported(sta, sband->band, i))
return i;
}
/* No matching rate found */
return 0;
}
bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
void *priv_sta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
@ -242,7 +263,13 @@ bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
int mcast_rate;
if (!sta || !priv_sta || rc_no_data_or_no_ack(txrc)) {
info->control.rates[0].idx = rate_lowest_index(txrc->sband, sta);
if ((sband->band != IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) ||
!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE))
info->control.rates[0].idx =
rate_lowest_index(txrc->sband, sta);
else
info->control.rates[0].idx =
rate_lowest_non_cck_index(txrc->sband, sta);
info->control.rates[0].count =
(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) ?
1 : txrc->hw->max_rate_tries;

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@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ static void ieee80211_scan_state_send_probe(struct ieee80211_local *local,
local->scan_req->ssids[i].ssid,
local->scan_req->ssids[i].ssid_len,
local->scan_req->ie, local->scan_req->ie_len,
local->scan_req->rates[band], false);
local->scan_req->rates[band], false,
local->scan_req->no_cck);
/*
* After sending probe requests, wait for probe responses

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@ -899,14 +899,18 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_build_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst,
const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len,
u32 ratemask, bool directed)
u32 ratemask, bool directed, bool no_cck)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
skb = ieee80211_build_probe_req(sdata, dst, ratemask, ssid, ssid_len,
ie, ie_len, directed);
if (skb)
if (skb) {
if (no_cck)
IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |=
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE;
ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb);
}
}
u32 ieee80211_sta_get_rates(struct ieee80211_local *local,

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@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ ieee80211_direct_probe(struct ieee80211_work *wk)
*/
ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, NULL, wk->probe_auth.ssid,
wk->probe_auth.ssid_len, NULL, 0,
(u32) -1, true);
(u32) -1, true, false);
wk->timeout = jiffies + IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT;
run_again(local, wk->timeout);