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1 /*
2 * mac80211 <-> driver interface
4 * Copyright 2002-2005, Devicescape Software, Inc.
5 * Copyright 2006-2007 Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
6 * Copyright 2007-2010 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
10 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 #ifndef MAC80211_H
14 #define MAC80211_H
16 #include <linux/bug.h>
17 #include <linux/kernel.h>
18 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
19 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
20 #include <linux/ieee80211.h>
21 #include <net/cfg80211.h>
22 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
24 /**
25 * DOC: Introduction
27 * mac80211 is the Linux stack for 802.11 hardware that implements
28 * only partial functionality in hard- or firmware. This document
29 * defines the interface between mac80211 and low-level hardware
30 * drivers.
33 /**
34 * DOC: Calling mac80211 from interrupts
36 * Only ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe() and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() can be
37 * called in hardware interrupt context. The low-level driver must not call any
38 * other functions in hardware interrupt context. If there is a need for such
39 * call, the low-level driver should first ACK the interrupt and perform the
40 * IEEE 802.11 code call after this, e.g. from a scheduled workqueue or even
41 * tasklet function.
43 * NOTE: If the driver opts to use the _irqsafe() functions, it may not also
44 * use the non-IRQ-safe functions!
47 /**
48 * DOC: Warning
50 * If you're reading this document and not the header file itself, it will
51 * be incomplete because not all documentation has been converted yet.
54 /**
55 * DOC: Frame format
57 * As a general rule, when frames are passed between mac80211 and the driver,
58 * they start with the IEEE 802.11 header and include the same octets that are
59 * sent over the air except for the FCS which should be calculated by the
60 * hardware.
62 * There are, however, various exceptions to this rule for advanced features:
64 * The first exception is for hardware encryption and decryption offload
65 * where the IV/ICV may or may not be generated in hardware.
67 * Secondly, when the hardware handles fragmentation, the frame handed to
68 * the driver from mac80211 is the MSDU, not the MPDU.
70 * Finally, for received frames, the driver is able to indicate that it has
71 * filled a radiotap header and put that in front of the frame; if it does
72 * not do so then mac80211 may add this under certain circumstances.
75 /**
76 * DOC: mac80211 workqueue
78 * mac80211 provides its own workqueue for drivers and internal mac80211 use.
79 * The workqueue is a single threaded workqueue and can only be accessed by
80 * helpers for sanity checking. Drivers must ensure all work added onto the
81 * mac80211 workqueue should be cancelled on the driver stop() callback.
83 * mac80211 will flushed the workqueue upon interface removal and during
84 * suspend.
86 * All work performed on the mac80211 workqueue must not acquire the RTNL lock.
90 struct device;
92 /**
93 * enum ieee80211_max_queues - maximum number of queues
95 * @IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUES: Maximum number of regular device queues.
97 enum ieee80211_max_queues {
98 IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUES = 16,
101 #define IEEE80211_INVAL_HW_QUEUE 0xff
104 * enum ieee80211_ac_numbers - AC numbers as used in mac80211
105 * @IEEE80211_AC_VO: voice
106 * @IEEE80211_AC_VI: video
107 * @IEEE80211_AC_BE: best effort
108 * @IEEE80211_AC_BK: background
110 enum ieee80211_ac_numbers {
111 IEEE80211_AC_VO = 0,
112 IEEE80211_AC_VI = 1,
113 IEEE80211_AC_BE = 2,
114 IEEE80211_AC_BK = 3,
116 #define IEEE80211_NUM_ACS 4
119 * struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params - transmit queue configuration
121 * The information provided in this structure is required for QoS
122 * transmit queue configuration. Cf. IEEE 802.11 7.3.2.29.
124 * @aifs: arbitration interframe space [0..255]
125 * @cw_min: minimum contention window [a value of the form
126 * 2^n-1 in the range 1..32767]
127 * @cw_max: maximum contention window [like @cw_min]
128 * @txop: maximum burst time in units of 32 usecs, 0 meaning disabled
129 * @uapsd: is U-APSD mode enabled for the queue
131 struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params {
132 u16 txop;
133 u16 cw_min;
134 u16 cw_max;
135 u8 aifs;
136 bool uapsd;
139 struct ieee80211_low_level_stats {
140 unsigned int dot11ACKFailureCount;
141 unsigned int dot11RTSFailureCount;
142 unsigned int dot11FCSErrorCount;
143 unsigned int dot11RTSSuccessCount;
147 * enum ieee80211_bss_change - BSS change notification flags
149 * These flags are used with the bss_info_changed() callback
150 * to indicate which BSS parameter changed.
152 * @BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC: association status changed (associated/disassociated),
153 * also implies a change in the AID.
154 * @BSS_CHANGED_ERP_CTS_PROT: CTS protection changed
155 * @BSS_CHANGED_ERP_PREAMBLE: preamble changed
156 * @BSS_CHANGED_ERP_SLOT: slot timing changed
157 * @BSS_CHANGED_HT: 802.11n parameters changed
158 * @BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES: Basic rateset changed
159 * @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT: Beacon interval changed
160 * @BSS_CHANGED_BSSID: BSSID changed, for whatever
161 * reason (IBSS and managed mode)
162 * @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON: Beacon data changed, retrieve
163 * new beacon (beaconing modes)
164 * @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED: Beaconing should be
165 * enabled/disabled (beaconing modes)
166 * @BSS_CHANGED_CQM: Connection quality monitor config changed
167 * @BSS_CHANGED_IBSS: IBSS join status changed
168 * @BSS_CHANGED_ARP_FILTER: Hardware ARP filter address list or state changed.
169 * @BSS_CHANGED_QOS: QoS for this association was enabled/disabled. Note
170 * that it is only ever disabled for station mode.
171 * @BSS_CHANGED_IDLE: Idle changed for this BSS/interface.
172 * @BSS_CHANGED_SSID: SSID changed for this BSS (AP mode)
173 * @BSS_CHANGED_AP_PROBE_RESP: Probe Response changed for this BSS (AP mode)
175 enum ieee80211_bss_change {
176 BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC = 1<<0,
177 BSS_CHANGED_ERP_CTS_PROT = 1<<1,
178 BSS_CHANGED_ERP_PREAMBLE = 1<<2,
179 BSS_CHANGED_ERP_SLOT = 1<<3,
180 BSS_CHANGED_HT = 1<<4,
181 BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES = 1<<5,
182 BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT = 1<<6,
183 BSS_CHANGED_BSSID = 1<<7,
184 BSS_CHANGED_BEACON = 1<<8,
185 BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED = 1<<9,
186 BSS_CHANGED_CQM = 1<<10,
187 BSS_CHANGED_IBSS = 1<<11,
188 BSS_CHANGED_ARP_FILTER = 1<<12,
189 BSS_CHANGED_QOS = 1<<13,
190 BSS_CHANGED_IDLE = 1<<14,
191 BSS_CHANGED_SSID = 1<<15,
192 BSS_CHANGED_AP_PROBE_RESP = 1<<16,
194 /* when adding here, make sure to change ieee80211_reconfig */
198 * The maximum number of IPv4 addresses listed for ARP filtering. If the number
199 * of addresses for an interface increase beyond this value, hardware ARP
200 * filtering will be disabled.
202 #define IEEE80211_BSS_ARP_ADDR_LIST_LEN 4
205 * enum ieee80211_rssi_event - RSSI threshold event
206 * An indicator for when RSSI goes below/above a certain threshold.
207 * @RSSI_EVENT_HIGH: AP's rssi crossed the high threshold set by the driver.
208 * @RSSI_EVENT_LOW: AP's rssi crossed the low threshold set by the driver.
210 enum ieee80211_rssi_event {
211 RSSI_EVENT_HIGH,
212 RSSI_EVENT_LOW,
216 * struct ieee80211_bss_conf - holds the BSS's changing parameters
218 * This structure keeps information about a BSS (and an association
219 * to that BSS) that can change during the lifetime of the BSS.
221 * @assoc: association status
222 * @ibss_joined: indicates whether this station is part of an IBSS
223 * or not
224 * @aid: association ID number, valid only when @assoc is true
225 * @use_cts_prot: use CTS protection
226 * @use_short_preamble: use 802.11b short preamble;
227 * if the hardware cannot handle this it must set the
228 * IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_PREAMBLE_INCAPABLE hardware flag
229 * @use_short_slot: use short slot time (only relevant for ERP);
230 * if the hardware cannot handle this it must set the
231 * IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_SLOT_INCAPABLE hardware flag
232 * @dtim_period: num of beacons before the next DTIM, for beaconing,
233 * valid in station mode only while @assoc is true and if also
234 * requested by %IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD (cf. also hw conf
235 * @ps_dtim_period)
236 * @sync_tsf: last beacon's/probe response's TSF timestamp (could be old
237 * as it may have been received during scanning long ago)
238 * @sync_device_ts: the device timestamp corresponding to the sync_tsf,
239 * the driver/device can use this to calculate synchronisation
240 * @beacon_int: beacon interval
241 * @assoc_capability: capabilities taken from assoc resp
242 * @basic_rates: bitmap of basic rates, each bit stands for an
243 * index into the rate table configured by the driver in
244 * the current band.
245 * @mcast_rate: per-band multicast rate index + 1 (0: disabled)
246 * @bssid: The BSSID for this BSS
247 * @enable_beacon: whether beaconing should be enabled or not
248 * @channel_type: Channel type for this BSS -- the hardware might be
249 * configured for HT40+ while this BSS only uses no-HT, for
250 * example.
251 * @ht_operation_mode: HT operation mode like in &struct ieee80211_ht_operation.
252 * This field is only valid when the channel type is one of the HT types.
253 * @cqm_rssi_thold: Connection quality monitor RSSI threshold, a zero value
254 * implies disabled
255 * @cqm_rssi_hyst: Connection quality monitor RSSI hysteresis
256 * @arp_addr_list: List of IPv4 addresses for hardware ARP filtering. The
257 * may filter ARP queries targeted for other addresses than listed here.
258 * The driver must allow ARP queries targeted for all address listed here
259 * to pass through. An empty list implies no ARP queries need to pass.
260 * @arp_addr_cnt: Number of addresses currently on the list.
261 * @arp_filter_enabled: Enable ARP filtering - if enabled, the hardware may
262 * filter ARP queries based on the @arp_addr_list, if disabled, the
263 * hardware must not perform any ARP filtering. Note, that the filter will
264 * be enabled also in promiscuous mode.
265 * @qos: This is a QoS-enabled BSS.
266 * @idle: This interface is idle. There's also a global idle flag in the
267 * hardware config which may be more appropriate depending on what
268 * your driver/device needs to do.
269 * @ssid: The SSID of the current vif. Only valid in AP-mode.
270 * @ssid_len: Length of SSID given in @ssid.
271 * @hidden_ssid: The SSID of the current vif is hidden. Only valid in AP-mode.
273 struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
274 const u8 *bssid;
275 /* association related data */
276 bool assoc, ibss_joined;
277 u16 aid;
278 /* erp related data */
279 bool use_cts_prot;
280 bool use_short_preamble;
281 bool use_short_slot;
282 bool enable_beacon;
283 u8 dtim_period;
284 u16 beacon_int;
285 u16 assoc_capability;
286 u64 sync_tsf;
287 u32 sync_device_ts;
288 u32 basic_rates;
289 int mcast_rate[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
290 u16 ht_operation_mode;
291 s32 cqm_rssi_thold;
292 u32 cqm_rssi_hyst;
293 enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
294 __be32 arp_addr_list[IEEE80211_BSS_ARP_ADDR_LIST_LEN];
295 u8 arp_addr_cnt;
296 bool arp_filter_enabled;
297 bool qos;
298 bool idle;
299 u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
300 size_t ssid_len;
301 bool hidden_ssid;
305 * enum mac80211_tx_control_flags - flags to describe transmission information/status
307 * These flags are used with the @flags member of &ieee80211_tx_info.
309 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS: require TX status callback for this frame.
310 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ: The driver has to assign a sequence
311 * number to this frame, taking care of not overwriting the fragment
312 * number and increasing the sequence number only when the
313 * IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT flag is set. mac80211 will properly
314 * assign sequence numbers to QoS-data frames but cannot do so correctly
315 * for non-QoS-data and management frames because beacons need them from
316 * that counter as well and mac80211 cannot guarantee proper sequencing.
317 * If this flag is set, the driver should instruct the hardware to
318 * assign a sequence number to the frame or assign one itself. Cf. IEEE
319 * 802.11-2007 7.1.3.4.1 paragraph 3. This flag will always be set for
320 * beacons and always be clear for frames without a sequence number field.
321 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK: tell the low level not to wait for an ack
322 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT: clear powersave filter for destination
323 * station
324 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT: this is a first fragment of the frame
325 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM: send this frame after DTIM beacon
326 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU: this frame should be sent as part of an A-MPDU
327 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED: Frame was injected, internal to mac80211.
328 * @IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED: The frame was not transmitted
329 * because the destination STA was in powersave mode. Note that to
330 * avoid race conditions, the filter must be set by the hardware or
331 * firmware upon receiving a frame that indicates that the station
332 * went to sleep (must be done on device to filter frames already on
333 * the queue) and may only be unset after mac80211 gives the OK for
334 * that by setting the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT (see above),
335 * since only then is it guaranteed that no more frames are in the
336 * hardware queue.
337 * @IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK: Frame was acknowledged
338 * @IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU: The frame was aggregated, so status
339 * is for the whole aggregation.
340 * @IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK: no block ack was returned,
341 * so consider using block ack request (BAR).
342 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE: internal to mac80211, can be
343 * set by rate control algorithms to indicate probe rate, will
344 * be cleared for fragmented frames (except on the last fragment)
345 * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING: completely internal to mac80211,
346 * used to indicate that a pending frame requires TX processing before
347 * it can be sent out.
348 * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRIED: completely internal to mac80211,
349 * used to indicate that a frame was already retried due to PS
350 * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT: completely internal to mac80211,
351 * used to indicate frame should not be encrypted
352 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER: This frame is a response to a poll
353 * frame (PS-Poll or uAPSD) or a non-bufferable MMPDU and must
354 * be sent although the station is in powersave mode.
355 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES: More frames will be passed to the
356 * transmit function after the current frame, this can be used
357 * by drivers to kick the DMA queue only if unset or when the
358 * queue gets full.
359 * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION: This frame is being retransmitted
360 * after TX status because the destination was asleep, it must not
361 * be modified again (no seqno assignment, crypto, etc.)
362 * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NL80211_FRAME_TX: Frame was requested through nl80211
363 * MLME command (internal to mac80211 to figure out whether to send TX
364 * status to user space)
365 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC: tells the driver to use LDPC for this frame
366 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC: Enables Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) for this
367 * frame and selects the maximum number of streams that it can use.
368 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN: Marks this packet to be transmitted on
369 * the off-channel channel when a remain-on-channel offload is done
370 * in hardware -- normal packets still flow and are expected to be
371 * handled properly by the device.
372 * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_TKIP_MIC_FAILURE: Marks this packet to be used for TKIP
373 * testing. It will be sent out with incorrect Michael MIC key to allow
374 * TKIP countermeasures to be tested.
375 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE: This frame will be sent at non CCK rate.
376 * This flag is actually used for management frame especially for P2P
377 * frames not being sent at CCK rate in 2GHz band.
378 * @IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP: This packet marks the end of service period,
379 * when its status is reported the service period ends. For frames in
380 * an SP that mac80211 transmits, it is already set; for driver frames
381 * the driver may set this flag. It is also used to do the same for
382 * PS-Poll responses.
383 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE: This frame will be sent at lowest rate.
384 * This flag is used to send nullfunc frame at minimum rate when
385 * the nullfunc is used for connection monitoring purpose.
386 * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_DONTFRAG: Don't fragment this packet even if it
387 * would be fragmented by size (this is optional, only used for
388 * monitor injection).
390 * Note: If you have to add new flags to the enumeration, then don't
391 * forget to update %IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS when necessary.
393 enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
394 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0),
395 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ = BIT(1),
396 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK = BIT(2),
397 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT = BIT(3),
398 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT = BIT(4),
399 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM = BIT(5),
400 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU = BIT(6),
401 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED = BIT(7),
402 IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED = BIT(8),
403 IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK = BIT(9),
404 IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU = BIT(10),
405 IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK = BIT(11),
406 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE = BIT(12),
407 IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING = BIT(14),
408 IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRIED = BIT(15),
409 IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT = BIT(16),
410 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER = BIT(17),
411 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES = BIT(18),
412 IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION = BIT(19),
413 /* hole at 20, use later */
414 IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NL80211_FRAME_TX = BIT(21),
415 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC = BIT(22),
416 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC = BIT(23) | BIT(24),
417 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN = BIT(25),
418 IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_TKIP_MIC_FAILURE = BIT(26),
419 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE = BIT(27),
420 IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP = BIT(28),
421 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE = BIT(29),
422 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_DONTFRAG = BIT(30),
425 #define IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT 23
428 * This definition is used as a mask to clear all temporary flags, which are
429 * set by the tx handlers for each transmission attempt by the mac80211 stack.
431 #define IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS (IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK | \
432 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT | \
433 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU | \
434 IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK | \
435 IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK | \
436 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER | \
437 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC | \
438 IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC | IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP)
441 * enum mac80211_rate_control_flags - per-rate flags set by the
442 * Rate Control algorithm.
444 * These flags are set by the Rate control algorithm for each rate during tx,
445 * in the @flags member of struct ieee80211_tx_rate.
447 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_RTS_CTS: Use RTS/CTS exchange for this rate.
448 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_CTS_PROTECT: CTS-to-self protection is required.
449 * This is set if the current BSS requires ERP protection.
450 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_SHORT_PREAMBLE: Use short preamble.
451 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS: HT rate.
452 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_GREEN_FIELD: Indicates whether this rate should be used in
453 * Greenfield mode.
454 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_40_MHZ_WIDTH: Indicates if the Channel Width should be 40 MHz.
455 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_DUP_DATA: The frame should be transmitted on both of the
456 * adjacent 20 MHz channels, if the current channel type is
457 * NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS or NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS.
458 * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_SHORT_GI: Short Guard interval should be used for this rate.
460 enum mac80211_rate_control_flags {
461 IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_RTS_CTS = BIT(0),
462 IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_CTS_PROTECT = BIT(1),
463 IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_SHORT_PREAMBLE = BIT(2),
465 /* rate index is an MCS rate number instead of an index */
466 IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS = BIT(3),
467 IEEE80211_TX_RC_GREEN_FIELD = BIT(4),
468 IEEE80211_TX_RC_40_MHZ_WIDTH = BIT(5),
469 IEEE80211_TX_RC_DUP_DATA = BIT(6),
470 IEEE80211_TX_RC_SHORT_GI = BIT(7),
474 /* there are 40 bytes if you don't need the rateset to be kept */
475 #define IEEE80211_TX_INFO_DRIVER_DATA_SIZE 40
477 /* if you do need the rateset, then you have less space */
478 #define IEEE80211_TX_INFO_RATE_DRIVER_DATA_SIZE 24
480 /* maximum number of rate stages */
481 #define IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES 4
484 * struct ieee80211_tx_rate - rate selection/status
486 * @idx: rate index to attempt to send with
487 * @flags: rate control flags (&enum mac80211_rate_control_flags)
488 * @count: number of tries in this rate before going to the next rate
490 * A value of -1 for @idx indicates an invalid rate and, if used
491 * in an array of retry rates, that no more rates should be tried.
493 * When used for transmit status reporting, the driver should
494 * always report the rate along with the flags it used.
496 * &struct ieee80211_tx_info contains an array of these structs
497 * in the control information, and it will be filled by the rate
498 * control algorithm according to what should be sent. For example,
499 * if this array contains, in the format { <idx>, <count> } the
500 * information
501 * { 3, 2 }, { 2, 2 }, { 1, 4 }, { -1, 0 }, { -1, 0 }
502 * then this means that the frame should be transmitted
503 * up to twice at rate 3, up to twice at rate 2, and up to four
504 * times at rate 1 if it doesn't get acknowledged. Say it gets
505 * acknowledged by the peer after the fifth attempt, the status
506 * information should then contain
507 * { 3, 2 }, { 2, 2 }, { 1, 1 }, { -1, 0 } ...
508 * since it was transmitted twice at rate 3, twice at rate 2
509 * and once at rate 1 after which we received an acknowledgement.
511 struct ieee80211_tx_rate {
512 s8 idx;
513 u8 count;
514 u8 flags;
515 } __packed;
518 * struct ieee80211_tx_info - skb transmit information
520 * This structure is placed in skb->cb for three uses:
521 * (1) mac80211 TX control - mac80211 tells the driver what to do
522 * (2) driver internal use (if applicable)
523 * (3) TX status information - driver tells mac80211 what happened
525 * The TX control's sta pointer is only valid during the ->tx call,
526 * it may be NULL.
528 * @flags: transmit info flags, defined above
529 * @band: the band to transmit on (use for checking for races)
530 * @hw_queue: HW queue to put the frame on, skb_get_queue_mapping() gives the AC
531 * @ack_frame_id: internal frame ID for TX status, used internally
532 * @control: union for control data
533 * @status: union for status data
534 * @driver_data: array of driver_data pointers
535 * @ampdu_ack_len: number of acked aggregated frames.
536 * relevant only if IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU was set.
537 * @ampdu_len: number of aggregated frames.
538 * relevant only if IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU was set.
539 * @ack_signal: signal strength of the ACK frame
541 struct ieee80211_tx_info {
542 /* common information */
543 u32 flags;
544 u8 band;
546 u8 hw_queue;
548 u16 ack_frame_id;
550 union {
551 struct {
552 union {
553 /* rate control */
554 struct {
555 struct ieee80211_tx_rate rates[
556 IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES];
557 s8 rts_cts_rate_idx;
559 /* only needed before rate control */
560 unsigned long jiffies;
562 /* NB: vif can be NULL for injected frames */
563 struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
564 struct ieee80211_key_conf *hw_key;
565 struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
566 } control;
567 struct {
568 struct ieee80211_tx_rate rates[IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES];
569 int ack_signal;
570 u8 ampdu_ack_len;
571 u8 ampdu_len;
572 u8 antenna;
573 /* 21 bytes free */
574 } status;
575 struct {
576 struct ieee80211_tx_rate driver_rates[
577 IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES];
578 void *rate_driver_data[
579 IEEE80211_TX_INFO_RATE_DRIVER_DATA_SIZE / sizeof(void *)];
581 void *driver_data[
582 IEEE80211_TX_INFO_DRIVER_DATA_SIZE / sizeof(void *)];
587 * struct ieee80211_sched_scan_ies - scheduled scan IEs
589 * This structure is used to pass the appropriate IEs to be used in scheduled
590 * scans for all bands. It contains both the IEs passed from the userspace
591 * and the ones generated by mac80211.
593 * @ie: array with the IEs for each supported band
594 * @len: array with the total length of the IEs for each band
596 struct ieee80211_sched_scan_ies {
597 u8 *ie[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
598 size_t len[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
601 static inline struct ieee80211_tx_info *IEEE80211_SKB_CB(struct sk_buff *skb)
603 return (struct ieee80211_tx_info *)skb->cb;
606 static inline struct ieee80211_rx_status *IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(struct sk_buff *skb)
608 return (struct ieee80211_rx_status *)skb->cb;
612 * ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status - clear TX status
614 * @info: The &struct ieee80211_tx_info to be cleared.
616 * When the driver passes an skb back to mac80211, it must report
617 * a number of things in TX status. This function clears everything
618 * in the TX status but the rate control information (it does clear
619 * the count since you need to fill that in anyway).
621 * NOTE: You can only use this function if you do NOT use
622 * info->driver_data! Use info->rate_driver_data
623 * instead if you need only the less space that allows.
625 static inline void
626 ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(struct ieee80211_tx_info *info)
628 int i;
630 BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.rates) !=
631 offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, control.rates));
632 BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.rates) !=
633 offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, driver_rates));
634 BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.rates) != 8);
635 /* clear the rate counts */
636 for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++)
637 info->status.rates[i].count = 0;
639 BUILD_BUG_ON(
640 offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal) != 20);
641 memset(&info->status.ampdu_ack_len, 0,
642 sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_info) -
643 offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ampdu_ack_len));
648 * enum mac80211_rx_flags - receive flags
650 * These flags are used with the @flag member of &struct ieee80211_rx_status.
651 * @RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR: Michael MIC error was reported on this frame.
652 * Use together with %RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED.
653 * @RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED: This frame was decrypted in hardware.
654 * @RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED: the Michael MIC is stripped off this frame,
655 * verification has been done by the hardware.
656 * @RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED: The IV/ICV are stripped from this frame.
657 * If this flag is set, the stack cannot do any replay detection
658 * hence the driver or hardware will have to do that.
659 * @RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC: Set this flag if the FCS check failed on
660 * the frame.
661 * @RX_FLAG_FAILED_PLCP_CRC: Set this flag if the PCLP check failed on
662 * the frame.
663 * @RX_FLAG_MACTIME_MPDU: The timestamp passed in the RX status (@mactime
664 * field) is valid and contains the time the first symbol of the MPDU
665 * was received. This is useful in monitor mode and for proper IBSS
666 * merging.
667 * @RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE: Short preamble was used for this frame
668 * @RX_FLAG_HT: HT MCS was used and rate_idx is MCS index
669 * @RX_FLAG_40MHZ: HT40 (40 MHz) was used
670 * @RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI: Short guard interval was used
671 * @RX_FLAG_NO_SIGNAL_VAL: The signal strength value is not present.
672 * Valid only for data frames (mainly A-MPDU)
673 * @RX_FLAG_HT_GF: This frame was received in a HT-greenfield transmission, if
674 * the driver fills this value it should add %IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_FMT
675 * to hw.radiotap_mcs_details to advertise that fact
677 enum mac80211_rx_flags {
678 RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR = 1<<0,
679 RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED = 1<<1,
680 RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED = 1<<3,
681 RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED = 1<<4,
682 RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC = 1<<5,
683 RX_FLAG_FAILED_PLCP_CRC = 1<<6,
684 RX_FLAG_MACTIME_MPDU = 1<<7,
685 RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE = 1<<8,
686 RX_FLAG_HT = 1<<9,
687 RX_FLAG_40MHZ = 1<<10,
688 RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI = 1<<11,
689 RX_FLAG_NO_SIGNAL_VAL = 1<<12,
690 RX_FLAG_HT_GF = 1<<13,
694 * struct ieee80211_rx_status - receive status
696 * The low-level driver should provide this information (the subset
697 * supported by hardware) to the 802.11 code with each received
698 * frame, in the skb's control buffer (cb).
700 * @mactime: value in microseconds of the 64-bit Time Synchronization Function
701 * (TSF) timer when the first data symbol (MPDU) arrived at the hardware.
702 * @device_timestamp: arbitrary timestamp for the device, mac80211 doesn't use
703 * it but can store it and pass it back to the driver for synchronisation
704 * @band: the active band when this frame was received
705 * @freq: frequency the radio was tuned to when receiving this frame, in MHz
706 * @signal: signal strength when receiving this frame, either in dBm, in dB or
707 * unspecified depending on the hardware capabilities flags
708 * @IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_*
709 * @antenna: antenna used
710 * @rate_idx: index of data rate into band's supported rates or MCS index if
711 * HT rates are use (RX_FLAG_HT)
712 * @flag: %RX_FLAG_*
713 * @rx_flags: internal RX flags for mac80211
715 struct ieee80211_rx_status {
716 u64 mactime;
717 u32 device_timestamp;
718 u16 flag;
719 u16 freq;
720 u8 rate_idx;
721 u8 rx_flags;
722 u8 band;
723 u8 antenna;
724 s8 signal;
728 * enum ieee80211_conf_flags - configuration flags
730 * Flags to define PHY configuration options
732 * @IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR: there's a monitor interface present -- use this
733 * to determine for example whether to calculate timestamps for packets
734 * or not, do not use instead of filter flags!
735 * @IEEE80211_CONF_PS: Enable 802.11 power save mode (managed mode only).
736 * This is the power save mode defined by IEEE 802.11-2007 section 11.2,
737 * meaning that the hardware still wakes up for beacons, is able to
738 * transmit frames and receive the possible acknowledgment frames.
739 * Not to be confused with hardware specific wakeup/sleep states,
740 * driver is responsible for that. See the section "Powersave support"
741 * for more.
742 * @IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE: The device is running, but idle; if the flag is set
743 * the driver should be prepared to handle configuration requests but
744 * may turn the device off as much as possible. Typically, this flag will
745 * be set when an interface is set UP but not associated or scanning, but
746 * it can also be unset in that case when monitor interfaces are active.
747 * @IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL: The device is currently not on its main
748 * operating channel.
750 enum ieee80211_conf_flags {
751 IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR = (1<<0),
752 IEEE80211_CONF_PS = (1<<1),
753 IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE = (1<<2),
754 IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL = (1<<3),
759 * enum ieee80211_conf_changed - denotes which configuration changed
761 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_LISTEN_INTERVAL: the listen interval changed
762 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_MONITOR: the monitor flag changed
763 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS: the PS flag or dynamic PS timeout changed
764 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER: the TX power changed
765 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL: the channel/channel_type changed
766 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS: retry limits changed
767 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE: Idle flag changed
768 * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_SMPS: Spatial multiplexing powersave mode changed
770 enum ieee80211_conf_changed {
771 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_SMPS = BIT(1),
772 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_LISTEN_INTERVAL = BIT(2),
773 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_MONITOR = BIT(3),
774 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS = BIT(4),
775 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER = BIT(5),
776 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL = BIT(6),
777 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS = BIT(7),
778 IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE = BIT(8),
782 * enum ieee80211_smps_mode - spatial multiplexing power save mode
784 * @IEEE80211_SMPS_AUTOMATIC: automatic
785 * @IEEE80211_SMPS_OFF: off
786 * @IEEE80211_SMPS_STATIC: static
787 * @IEEE80211_SMPS_DYNAMIC: dynamic
788 * @IEEE80211_SMPS_NUM_MODES: internal, don't use
790 enum ieee80211_smps_mode {
791 IEEE80211_SMPS_AUTOMATIC,
792 IEEE80211_SMPS_OFF,
793 IEEE80211_SMPS_STATIC,
794 IEEE80211_SMPS_DYNAMIC,
796 /* keep last */
797 IEEE80211_SMPS_NUM_MODES,
801 * struct ieee80211_conf - configuration of the device
803 * This struct indicates how the driver shall configure the hardware.
805 * @flags: configuration flags defined above
807 * @listen_interval: listen interval in units of beacon interval
808 * @max_sleep_period: the maximum number of beacon intervals to sleep for
809 * before checking the beacon for a TIM bit (managed mode only); this
810 * value will be only achievable between DTIM frames, the hardware
811 * needs to check for the multicast traffic bit in DTIM beacons.
812 * This variable is valid only when the CONF_PS flag is set.
813 * @ps_dtim_period: The DTIM period of the AP we're connected to, for use
814 * in power saving. Power saving will not be enabled until a beacon
815 * has been received and the DTIM period is known.
816 * @dynamic_ps_timeout: The dynamic powersave timeout (in ms), see the
817 * powersave documentation below. This variable is valid only when
818 * the CONF_PS flag is set.
820 * @power_level: requested transmit power (in dBm)
822 * @channel: the channel to tune to
823 * @channel_type: the channel (HT) type
825 * @long_frame_max_tx_count: Maximum number of transmissions for a "long" frame
826 * (a frame not RTS protected), called "dot11LongRetryLimit" in 802.11,
827 * but actually means the number of transmissions not the number of retries
828 * @short_frame_max_tx_count: Maximum number of transmissions for a "short"
829 * frame, called "dot11ShortRetryLimit" in 802.11, but actually means the
830 * number of transmissions not the number of retries
832 * @smps_mode: spatial multiplexing powersave mode; note that
833 * %IEEE80211_SMPS_STATIC is used when the device is not
834 * configured for an HT channel
836 struct ieee80211_conf {
837 u32 flags;
838 int power_level, dynamic_ps_timeout;
839 int max_sleep_period;
841 u16 listen_interval;
842 u8 ps_dtim_period;
844 u8 long_frame_max_tx_count, short_frame_max_tx_count;
846 struct ieee80211_channel *channel;
847 enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
848 enum ieee80211_smps_mode smps_mode;
852 * struct ieee80211_channel_switch - holds the channel switch data
854 * The information provided in this structure is required for channel switch
855 * operation.
857 * @timestamp: value in microseconds of the 64-bit Time Synchronization
858 * Function (TSF) timer when the frame containing the channel switch
859 * announcement was received. This is simply the rx.mactime parameter
860 * the driver passed into mac80211.
861 * @block_tx: Indicates whether transmission must be blocked before the
862 * scheduled channel switch, as indicated by the AP.
863 * @channel: the new channel to switch to
864 * @count: the number of TBTT's until the channel switch event
866 struct ieee80211_channel_switch {
867 u64 timestamp;
868 bool block_tx;
869 struct ieee80211_channel *channel;
870 u8 count;
874 * enum ieee80211_vif_flags - virtual interface flags
876 * @IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER: the device performs beacon filtering
877 * on this virtual interface to avoid unnecessary CPU wakeups
878 * @IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI: the device can do connection quality
879 * monitoring on this virtual interface -- i.e. it can monitor
880 * connection quality related parameters, such as the RSSI level and
881 * provide notifications if configured trigger levels are reached.
883 enum ieee80211_vif_flags {
884 IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER = BIT(0),
885 IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI = BIT(1),
889 * struct ieee80211_vif - per-interface data
891 * Data in this structure is continually present for driver
892 * use during the life of a virtual interface.
894 * @type: type of this virtual interface
895 * @bss_conf: BSS configuration for this interface, either our own
896 * or the BSS we're associated to
897 * @addr: address of this interface
898 * @p2p: indicates whether this AP or STA interface is a p2p
899 * interface, i.e. a GO or p2p-sta respectively
900 * @driver_flags: flags/capabilities the driver has for this interface,
901 * these need to be set (or cleared) when the interface is added
902 * or, if supported by the driver, the interface type is changed
903 * at runtime, mac80211 will never touch this field
904 * @hw_queue: hardware queue for each AC
905 * @cab_queue: content-after-beacon (DTIM beacon really) queue, AP mode only
906 * @drv_priv: data area for driver use, will always be aligned to
907 * sizeof(void *).
909 struct ieee80211_vif {
910 enum nl80211_iftype type;
911 struct ieee80211_bss_conf bss_conf;
912 u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
913 bool p2p;
915 u8 cab_queue;
916 u8 hw_queue[IEEE80211_NUM_ACS];
918 u32 driver_flags;
920 /* must be last */
921 u8 drv_priv[0] __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(void *))));
924 static inline bool ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
926 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
927 return vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT;
928 #endif
929 return false;
933 * enum ieee80211_key_flags - key flags
935 * These flags are used for communication about keys between the driver
936 * and mac80211, with the @flags parameter of &struct ieee80211_key_conf.
938 * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_WMM_STA: Set by mac80211, this flag indicates
939 * that the STA this key will be used with could be using QoS.
940 * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV: This flag should be set by the
941 * driver to indicate that it requires IV generation for this
942 * particular key.
943 * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC: This flag should be set by
944 * the driver for a TKIP key if it requires Michael MIC
945 * generation in software.
946 * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PAIRWISE: Set by mac80211, this flag indicates
947 * that the key is pairwise rather then a shared key.
948 * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT: This flag should be set by the driver for a
949 * CCMP key if it requires CCMP encryption of management frames (MFP) to
950 * be done in software.
951 * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PUT_IV_SPACE: This flag should be set by the driver
952 * if space should be prepared for the IV, but the IV
953 * itself should not be generated. Do not set together with
954 * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV on the same key.
956 enum ieee80211_key_flags {
957 IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_WMM_STA = 1<<0,
958 IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV = 1<<1,
959 IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC= 1<<2,
960 IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PAIRWISE = 1<<3,
961 IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT = 1<<4,
962 IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PUT_IV_SPACE = 1<<5,
966 * struct ieee80211_key_conf - key information
968 * This key information is given by mac80211 to the driver by
969 * the set_key() callback in &struct ieee80211_ops.
971 * @hw_key_idx: To be set by the driver, this is the key index the driver
972 * wants to be given when a frame is transmitted and needs to be
973 * encrypted in hardware.
974 * @cipher: The key's cipher suite selector.
975 * @flags: key flags, see &enum ieee80211_key_flags.
976 * @keyidx: the key index (0-3)
977 * @keylen: key material length
978 * @key: key material. For ALG_TKIP the key is encoded as a 256-bit (32 byte)
979 * data block:
980 * - Temporal Encryption Key (128 bits)
981 * - Temporal Authenticator Tx MIC Key (64 bits)
982 * - Temporal Authenticator Rx MIC Key (64 bits)
983 * @icv_len: The ICV length for this key type
984 * @iv_len: The IV length for this key type
986 struct ieee80211_key_conf {
987 u32 cipher;
988 u8 icv_len;
989 u8 iv_len;
990 u8 hw_key_idx;
991 u8 flags;
992 s8 keyidx;
993 u8 keylen;
994 u8 key[0];
998 * enum set_key_cmd - key command
1000 * Used with the set_key() callback in &struct ieee80211_ops, this
1001 * indicates whether a key is being removed or added.
1003 * @SET_KEY: a key is set
1004 * @DISABLE_KEY: a key must be disabled
1006 enum set_key_cmd {
1007 SET_KEY, DISABLE_KEY,
1011 * enum ieee80211_sta_state - station state
1013 * @IEEE80211_STA_NOTEXIST: station doesn't exist at all,
1014 * this is a special state for add/remove transitions
1015 * @IEEE80211_STA_NONE: station exists without special state
1016 * @IEEE80211_STA_AUTH: station is authenticated
1017 * @IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC: station is associated
1018 * @IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED: station is authorized (802.1X)
1020 enum ieee80211_sta_state {
1021 /* NOTE: These need to be ordered correctly! */
1022 IEEE80211_STA_NOTEXIST,
1023 IEEE80211_STA_NONE,
1024 IEEE80211_STA_AUTH,
1025 IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC,
1026 IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED,
1030 * struct ieee80211_sta - station table entry
1032 * A station table entry represents a station we are possibly
1033 * communicating with. Since stations are RCU-managed in
1034 * mac80211, any ieee80211_sta pointer you get access to must
1035 * either be protected by rcu_read_lock() explicitly or implicitly,
1036 * or you must take good care to not use such a pointer after a
1037 * call to your sta_remove callback that removed it.
1039 * @addr: MAC address
1040 * @aid: AID we assigned to the station if we're an AP
1041 * @supp_rates: Bitmap of supported rates (per band)
1042 * @ht_cap: HT capabilities of this STA; restricted to our own TX capabilities
1043 * @wme: indicates whether the STA supports WME. Only valid during AP-mode.
1044 * @drv_priv: data area for driver use, will always be aligned to
1045 * sizeof(void *), size is determined in hw information.
1046 * @uapsd_queues: bitmap of queues configured for uapsd. Only valid
1047 * if wme is supported.
1048 * @max_sp: max Service Period. Only valid if wme is supported.
1050 struct ieee80211_sta {
1051 u32 supp_rates[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
1052 u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
1053 u16 aid;
1054 struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap ht_cap;
1055 bool wme;
1056 u8 uapsd_queues;
1057 u8 max_sp;
1059 /* must be last */
1060 u8 drv_priv[0] __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(void *))));
1064 * enum sta_notify_cmd - sta notify command
1066 * Used with the sta_notify() callback in &struct ieee80211_ops, this
1067 * indicates if an associated station made a power state transition.
1069 * @STA_NOTIFY_SLEEP: a station is now sleeping
1070 * @STA_NOTIFY_AWAKE: a sleeping station woke up
1072 enum sta_notify_cmd {
1073 STA_NOTIFY_SLEEP, STA_NOTIFY_AWAKE,
1077 * enum ieee80211_hw_flags - hardware flags
1079 * These flags are used to indicate hardware capabilities to
1080 * the stack. Generally, flags here should have their meaning
1081 * done in a way that the simplest hardware doesn't need setting
1082 * any particular flags. There are some exceptions to this rule,
1083 * however, so you are advised to review these flags carefully.
1085 * @IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL:
1086 * The hardware or firmware includes rate control, and cannot be
1087 * controlled by the stack. As such, no rate control algorithm
1088 * should be instantiated, and the TX rate reported to userspace
1089 * will be taken from the TX status instead of the rate control
1090 * algorithm.
1091 * Note that this requires that the driver implement a number of
1092 * callbacks so it has the correct information, it needs to have
1093 * the @set_rts_threshold callback and must look at the BSS config
1094 * @use_cts_prot for G/N protection, @use_short_slot for slot
1095 * timing in 2.4 GHz and @use_short_preamble for preambles for
1096 * CCK frames.
1098 * @IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS:
1099 * Indicates that received frames passed to the stack include
1100 * the FCS at the end.
1102 * @IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING:
1103 * Some wireless LAN chipsets buffer broadcast/multicast frames
1104 * for power saving stations in the hardware/firmware and others
1105 * rely on the host system for such buffering. This option is used
1106 * to configure the IEEE 802.11 upper layer to buffer broadcast and
1107 * multicast frames when there are power saving stations so that
1108 * the driver can fetch them with ieee80211_get_buffered_bc().
1110 * @IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_SLOT_INCAPABLE:
1111 * Hardware is not capable of short slot operation on the 2.4 GHz band.
1113 * @IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_PREAMBLE_INCAPABLE:
1114 * Hardware is not capable of receiving frames with short preamble on
1115 * the 2.4 GHz band.
1117 * @IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC:
1118 * Hardware can provide signal values but we don't know its units. We
1119 * expect values between 0 and @max_signal.
1120 * If possible please provide dB or dBm instead.
1122 * @IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM:
1123 * Hardware gives signal values in dBm, decibel difference from
1124 * one milliwatt. This is the preferred method since it is standardized
1125 * between different devices. @max_signal does not need to be set.
1127 * @IEEE80211_HW_SPECTRUM_MGMT:
1128 * Hardware supports spectrum management defined in 802.11h
1129 * Measurement, Channel Switch, Quieting, TPC
1131 * @IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION:
1132 * Hardware supports 11n A-MPDU aggregation.
1134 * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS:
1135 * Hardware has power save support (i.e. can go to sleep).
1137 * @IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK:
1138 * Hardware requires nullfunc frame handling in stack, implies
1139 * stack support for dynamic PS.
1141 * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS:
1142 * Hardware has support for dynamic PS.
1144 * @IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE:
1145 * Hardware supports management frame protection (MFP, IEEE 802.11w).
1147 * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS:
1148 * Hardware supports static spatial multiplexing powersave,
1149 * ie. can turn off all but one chain even on HT connections
1150 * that should be using more chains.
1152 * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS:
1153 * Hardware supports dynamic spatial multiplexing powersave,
1154 * ie. can turn off all but one chain and then wake the rest
1155 * up as required after, for example, rts/cts handshake.
1157 * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD:
1158 * Hardware supports Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery
1159 * (U-APSD) in managed mode. The mode is configured with
1160 * conf_tx() operation.
1162 * @IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS:
1163 * Hardware can provide ack status reports of Tx frames to
1164 * the stack.
1166 * @IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR:
1167 * The hardware performs its own connection monitoring, including
1168 * periodic keep-alives to the AP and probing the AP on beacon loss.
1169 * When this flag is set, signaling beacon-loss will cause an immediate
1170 * change to disassociated state.
1172 * @IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD:
1173 * This device needs to know the DTIM period for the BSS before
1174 * associating.
1176 * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PER_STA_GTK: The device's crypto engine supports
1177 * per-station GTKs as used by IBSS RSN or during fast transition. If
1178 * the device doesn't support per-station GTKs, but can be asked not
1179 * to decrypt group addressed frames, then IBSS RSN support is still
1180 * possible but software crypto will be used. Advertise the wiphy flag
1181 * only in that case.
1183 * @IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS: When operating in AP mode the device
1184 * autonomously manages the PS status of connected stations. When
1185 * this flag is set mac80211 will not trigger PS mode for connected
1186 * stations based on the PM bit of incoming frames.
1187 * Use ieee80211_start_ps()/ieee8021_end_ps() to manually configure
1188 * the PS mode of connected stations.
1190 * @IEEE80211_HW_TX_AMPDU_SETUP_IN_HW: The device handles TX A-MPDU session
1191 * setup strictly in HW. mac80211 should not attempt to do this in
1192 * software.
1194 * @IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE: The device can do hw scan while
1195 * being idle (i.e. mac80211 doesn't have to go idle-off during the
1196 * the scan).
1198 * @IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF: The driver would like to be informed of
1199 * a virtual monitor interface when monitor interfaces are the only
1200 * active interfaces.
1202 * @IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL: The driver wants to control per-interface
1203 * queue mapping in order to use different queues (not just one per AC)
1204 * for different virtual interfaces. See the doc section on HW queue
1205 * control for more details.
1207 enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
1208 IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL = 1<<0,
1209 IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS = 1<<1,
1210 IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING = 1<<2,
1211 IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_SLOT_INCAPABLE = 1<<3,
1212 IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_PREAMBLE_INCAPABLE = 1<<4,
1213 IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC = 1<<5,
1214 IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM = 1<<6,
1215 IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD = 1<<7,
1216 IEEE80211_HW_SPECTRUM_MGMT = 1<<8,
1217 IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION = 1<<9,
1218 IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS = 1<<10,
1219 IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK = 1<<11,
1220 IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS = 1<<12,
1221 IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE = 1<<13,
1222 IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF = 1<<14,
1223 IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS = 1<<15,
1224 IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS = 1<<16,
1225 IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD = 1<<17,
1226 IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS = 1<<18,
1227 IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR = 1<<19,
1228 IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL = 1<<20,
1229 IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PER_STA_GTK = 1<<21,
1230 IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS = 1<<22,
1231 IEEE80211_HW_TX_AMPDU_SETUP_IN_HW = 1<<23,
1232 IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE = 1<<24,
1236 * struct ieee80211_hw - hardware information and state
1238 * This structure contains the configuration and hardware
1239 * information for an 802.11 PHY.
1241 * @wiphy: This points to the &struct wiphy allocated for this
1242 * 802.11 PHY. You must fill in the @perm_addr and @dev
1243 * members of this structure using SET_IEEE80211_DEV()
1244 * and SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR(). Additionally, all supported
1245 * bands (with channels, bitrates) are registered here.
1247 * @conf: &struct ieee80211_conf, device configuration, don't use.
1249 * @priv: pointer to private area that was allocated for driver use
1250 * along with this structure.
1252 * @flags: hardware flags, see &enum ieee80211_hw_flags.
1254 * @extra_tx_headroom: headroom to reserve in each transmit skb
1255 * for use by the driver (e.g. for transmit headers.)
1257 * @channel_change_time: time (in microseconds) it takes to change channels.
1259 * @max_signal: Maximum value for signal (rssi) in RX information, used
1260 * only when @IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC or @IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DB
1262 * @max_listen_interval: max listen interval in units of beacon interval
1263 * that HW supports
1265 * @queues: number of available hardware transmit queues for
1266 * data packets. WMM/QoS requires at least four, these
1267 * queues need to have configurable access parameters.
1269 * @rate_control_algorithm: rate control algorithm for this hardware.
1270 * If unset (NULL), the default algorithm will be used. Must be
1271 * set before calling ieee80211_register_hw().
1273 * @vif_data_size: size (in bytes) of the drv_priv data area
1274 * within &struct ieee80211_vif.
1275 * @sta_data_size: size (in bytes) of the drv_priv data area
1276 * within &struct ieee80211_sta.
1278 * @max_rates: maximum number of alternate rate retry stages the hw
1279 * can handle.
1280 * @max_report_rates: maximum number of alternate rate retry stages
1281 * the hw can report back.
1282 * @max_rate_tries: maximum number of tries for each stage
1284 * @napi_weight: weight used for NAPI polling. You must specify an
1285 * appropriate value here if a napi_poll operation is provided
1286 * by your driver.
1288 * @max_rx_aggregation_subframes: maximum buffer size (number of
1289 * sub-frames) to be used for A-MPDU block ack receiver
1290 * aggregation.
1291 * This is only relevant if the device has restrictions on the
1292 * number of subframes, if it relies on mac80211 to do reordering
1293 * it shouldn't be set.
1295 * @max_tx_aggregation_subframes: maximum number of subframes in an
1296 * aggregate an HT driver will transmit, used by the peer as a
1297 * hint to size its reorder buffer.
1299 * @offchannel_tx_hw_queue: HW queue ID to use for offchannel TX
1300 * (if %IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL is set)
1302 * @radiotap_mcs_details: lists which MCS information can the HW
1303 * reports, by default it is set to _MCS, _GI and _BW but doesn't
1304 * include _FMT. Use %IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_* values, only
1305 * adding _BW is supported today.
1307 * @netdev_features: netdev features to be set in each netdev created
1308 * from this HW. Note only HW checksum features are currently
1309 * compatible with mac80211. Other feature bits will be rejected.
1311 struct ieee80211_hw {
1312 struct ieee80211_conf conf;
1313 struct wiphy *wiphy;
1314 const char *rate_control_algorithm;
1315 void *priv;
1316 u32 flags;
1317 unsigned int extra_tx_headroom;
1318 int channel_change_time;
1319 int vif_data_size;
1320 int sta_data_size;
1321 int napi_weight;
1322 u16 queues;
1323 u16 max_listen_interval;
1324 s8 max_signal;
1325 u8 max_rates;
1326 u8 max_report_rates;
1327 u8 max_rate_tries;
1328 u8 max_rx_aggregation_subframes;
1329 u8 max_tx_aggregation_subframes;
1330 u8 offchannel_tx_hw_queue;
1331 u8 radiotap_mcs_details;
1332 netdev_features_t netdev_features;
1336 * wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw - return a mac80211 driver hw struct from a wiphy
1338 * @wiphy: the &struct wiphy which we want to query
1340 * mac80211 drivers can use this to get to their respective
1341 * &struct ieee80211_hw. Drivers wishing to get to their own private
1342 * structure can then access it via hw->priv. Note that mac802111 drivers should
1343 * not use wiphy_priv() to try to get their private driver structure as this
1344 * is already used internally by mac80211.
1346 struct ieee80211_hw *wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw(struct wiphy *wiphy);
1349 * SET_IEEE80211_DEV - set device for 802.11 hardware
1351 * @hw: the &struct ieee80211_hw to set the device for
1352 * @dev: the &struct device of this 802.11 device
1354 static inline void SET_IEEE80211_DEV(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct device *dev)
1356 set_wiphy_dev(hw->wiphy, dev);
1360 * SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR - set the permanent MAC address for 802.11 hardware
1362 * @hw: the &struct ieee80211_hw to set the MAC address for
1363 * @addr: the address to set
1365 static inline void SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 *addr)
1367 memcpy(hw->wiphy->perm_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
1370 static inline struct ieee80211_rate *
1371 ieee80211_get_tx_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
1372 const struct ieee80211_tx_info *c)
1374 if (WARN_ON_ONCE(c->control.rates[0].idx < 0))
1375 return NULL;
1376 return &hw->wiphy->bands[c->band]->bitrates[c->control.rates[0].idx];
1379 static inline struct ieee80211_rate *
1380 ieee80211_get_rts_cts_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
1381 const struct ieee80211_tx_info *c)
1383 if (c->control.rts_cts_rate_idx < 0)
1384 return NULL;
1385 return &hw->wiphy->bands[c->band]->bitrates[c->control.rts_cts_rate_idx];
1388 static inline struct ieee80211_rate *
1389 ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
1390 const struct ieee80211_tx_info *c, int idx)
1392 if (c->control.rates[idx + 1].idx < 0)
1393 return NULL;
1394 return &hw->wiphy->bands[c->band]->bitrates[c->control.rates[idx + 1].idx];
1398 * ieee80211_free_txskb - free TX skb
1399 * @hw: the hardware
1400 * @skb: the skb
1402 * Free a transmit skb. Use this funtion when some failure
1403 * to transmit happened and thus status cannot be reported.
1405 void ieee80211_free_txskb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
1408 * DOC: Hardware crypto acceleration
1410 * mac80211 is capable of taking advantage of many hardware
1411 * acceleration designs for encryption and decryption operations.
1413 * The set_key() callback in the &struct ieee80211_ops for a given
1414 * device is called to enable hardware acceleration of encryption and
1415 * decryption. The callback takes a @sta parameter that will be NULL
1416 * for default keys or keys used for transmission only, or point to
1417 * the station information for the peer for individual keys.
1418 * Multiple transmission keys with the same key index may be used when
1419 * VLANs are configured for an access point.
1421 * When transmitting, the TX control data will use the @hw_key_idx
1422 * selected by the driver by modifying the &struct ieee80211_key_conf
1423 * pointed to by the @key parameter to the set_key() function.
1425 * The set_key() call for the %SET_KEY command should return 0 if
1426 * the key is now in use, -%EOPNOTSUPP or -%ENOSPC if it couldn't be
1427 * added; if you return 0 then hw_key_idx must be assigned to the
1428 * hardware key index, you are free to use the full u8 range.
1430 * When the cmd is %DISABLE_KEY then it must succeed.
1432 * Note that it is permissible to not decrypt a frame even if a key
1433 * for it has been uploaded to hardware, the stack will not make any
1434 * decision based on whether a key has been uploaded or not but rather
1435 * based on the receive flags.
1437 * The &struct ieee80211_key_conf structure pointed to by the @key
1438 * parameter is guaranteed to be valid until another call to set_key()
1439 * removes it, but it can only be used as a cookie to differentiate
1440 * keys.
1442 * In TKIP some HW need to be provided a phase 1 key, for RX decryption
1443 * acceleration (i.e. iwlwifi). Those drivers should provide update_tkip_key
1444 * handler.
1445 * The update_tkip_key() call updates the driver with the new phase 1 key.
1446 * This happens every time the iv16 wraps around (every 65536 packets). The
1447 * set_key() call will happen only once for each key (unless the AP did
1448 * rekeying), it will not include a valid phase 1 key. The valid phase 1 key is
1449 * provided by update_tkip_key only. The trigger that makes mac80211 call this
1450 * handler is software decryption with wrap around of iv16.
1454 * DOC: Powersave support
1456 * mac80211 has support for various powersave implementations.
1458 * First, it can support hardware that handles all powersaving by itself,
1459 * such hardware should simply set the %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS hardware
1460 * flag. In that case, it will be told about the desired powersave mode
1461 * with the %IEEE80211_CONF_PS flag depending on the association status.
1462 * The hardware must take care of sending nullfunc frames when necessary,
1463 * i.e. when entering and leaving powersave mode. The hardware is required
1464 * to look at the AID in beacons and signal to the AP that it woke up when
1465 * it finds traffic directed to it.
1467 * %IEEE80211_CONF_PS flag enabled means that the powersave mode defined in
1468 * IEEE 802.11-2007 section 11.2 is enabled. This is not to be confused
1469 * with hardware wakeup and sleep states. Driver is responsible for waking
1470 * up the hardware before issuing commands to the hardware and putting it
1471 * back to sleep at appropriate times.
1473 * When PS is enabled, hardware needs to wakeup for beacons and receive the
1474 * buffered multicast/broadcast frames after the beacon. Also it must be
1475 * possible to send frames and receive the acknowledment frame.
1477 * Other hardware designs cannot send nullfunc frames by themselves and also
1478 * need software support for parsing the TIM bitmap. This is also supported
1479 * by mac80211 by combining the %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS and
1480 * %IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK flags. The hardware is of course still
1481 * required to pass up beacons. The hardware is still required to handle
1482 * waking up for multicast traffic; if it cannot the driver must handle that
1483 * as best as it can, mac80211 is too slow to do that.
1485 * Dynamic powersave is an extension to normal powersave in which the
1486 * hardware stays awake for a user-specified period of time after sending a
1487 * frame so that reply frames need not be buffered and therefore delayed to
1488 * the next wakeup. It's compromise of getting good enough latency when
1489 * there's data traffic and still saving significantly power in idle
1490 * periods.
1492 * Dynamic powersave is simply supported by mac80211 enabling and disabling
1493 * PS based on traffic. Driver needs to only set %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS
1494 * flag and mac80211 will handle everything automatically. Additionally,
1495 * hardware having support for the dynamic PS feature may set the
1496 * %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS flag to indicate that it can support
1497 * dynamic PS mode itself. The driver needs to look at the
1498 * @dynamic_ps_timeout hardware configuration value and use it that value
1499 * whenever %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set. In this case mac80211 will disable
1500 * dynamic PS feature in stack and will just keep %IEEE80211_CONF_PS
1501 * enabled whenever user has enabled powersave.
1503 * Some hardware need to toggle a single shared antenna between WLAN and
1504 * Bluetooth to facilitate co-existence. These types of hardware set
1505 * limitations on the use of host controlled dynamic powersave whenever there
1506 * is simultaneous WLAN and Bluetooth traffic. For these types of hardware, the
1507 * driver may request temporarily going into full power save, in order to
1508 * enable toggling the antenna between BT and WLAN. If the driver requests
1509 * disabling dynamic powersave, the @dynamic_ps_timeout value will be
1510 * temporarily set to zero until the driver re-enables dynamic powersave.
1512 * Driver informs U-APSD client support by enabling
1513 * %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD flag. The mode is configured through the
1514 * uapsd paramater in conf_tx() operation. Hardware needs to send the QoS
1515 * Nullfunc frames and stay awake until the service period has ended. To
1516 * utilize U-APSD, dynamic powersave is disabled for voip AC and all frames
1517 * from that AC are transmitted with powersave enabled.
1519 * Note: U-APSD client mode is not yet supported with
1520 * %IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK.
1524 * DOC: Beacon filter support
1526 * Some hardware have beacon filter support to reduce host cpu wakeups
1527 * which will reduce system power consumption. It usually works so that
1528 * the firmware creates a checksum of the beacon but omits all constantly
1529 * changing elements (TSF, TIM etc). Whenever the checksum changes the
1530 * beacon is forwarded to the host, otherwise it will be just dropped. That
1531 * way the host will only receive beacons where some relevant information
1532 * (for example ERP protection or WMM settings) have changed.
1534 * Beacon filter support is advertised with the %IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER
1535 * interface capability. The driver needs to enable beacon filter support
1536 * whenever power save is enabled, that is %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set. When
1537 * power save is enabled, the stack will not check for beacon loss and the
1538 * driver needs to notify about loss of beacons with ieee80211_beacon_loss().
1540 * The time (or number of beacons missed) until the firmware notifies the
1541 * driver of a beacon loss event (which in turn causes the driver to call
1542 * ieee80211_beacon_loss()) should be configurable and will be controlled
1543 * by mac80211 and the roaming algorithm in the future.
1545 * Since there may be constantly changing information elements that nothing
1546 * in the software stack cares about, we will, in the future, have mac80211
1547 * tell the driver which information elements are interesting in the sense
1548 * that we want to see changes in them. This will include
1549 * - a list of information element IDs
1550 * - a list of OUIs for the vendor information element
1552 * Ideally, the hardware would filter out any beacons without changes in the
1553 * requested elements, but if it cannot support that it may, at the expense
1554 * of some efficiency, filter out only a subset. For example, if the device
1555 * doesn't support checking for OUIs it should pass up all changes in all
1556 * vendor information elements.
1558 * Note that change, for the sake of simplification, also includes information
1559 * elements appearing or disappearing from the beacon.
1561 * Some hardware supports an "ignore list" instead, just make sure nothing
1562 * that was requested is on the ignore list, and include commonly changing
1563 * information element IDs in the ignore list, for example 11 (BSS load) and
1564 * the various vendor-assigned IEs with unknown contents (128, 129, 133-136,
1565 * 149, 150, 155, 156, 173, 176, 178, 179, 219); for forward compatibility
1566 * it could also include some currently unused IDs.
1569 * In addition to these capabilities, hardware should support notifying the
1570 * host of changes in the beacon RSSI. This is relevant to implement roaming
1571 * when no traffic is flowing (when traffic is flowing we see the RSSI of
1572 * the received data packets). This can consist in notifying the host when
1573 * the RSSI changes significantly or when it drops below or rises above
1574 * configurable thresholds. In the future these thresholds will also be
1575 * configured by mac80211 (which gets them from userspace) to implement
1576 * them as the roaming algorithm requires.
1578 * If the hardware cannot implement this, the driver should ask it to
1579 * periodically pass beacon frames to the host so that software can do the
1580 * signal strength threshold checking.
1584 * DOC: Spatial multiplexing power save
1586 * SMPS (Spatial multiplexing power save) is a mechanism to conserve
1587 * power in an 802.11n implementation. For details on the mechanism
1588 * and rationale, please refer to 802.11 (as amended by 802.11n-2009)
1589 * "11.2.3 SM power save".
1591 * The mac80211 implementation is capable of sending action frames
1592 * to update the AP about the station's SMPS mode, and will instruct
1593 * the driver to enter the specific mode. It will also announce the
1594 * requested SMPS mode during the association handshake. Hardware
1595 * support for this feature is required, and can be indicated by
1596 * hardware flags.
1598 * The default mode will be "automatic", which nl80211/cfg80211
1599 * defines to be dynamic SMPS in (regular) powersave, and SMPS
1600 * turned off otherwise.
1602 * To support this feature, the driver must set the appropriate
1603 * hardware support flags, and handle the SMPS flag to the config()
1604 * operation. It will then with this mechanism be instructed to
1605 * enter the requested SMPS mode while associated to an HT AP.
1609 * DOC: Frame filtering
1611 * mac80211 requires to see many management frames for proper
1612 * operation, and users may want to see many more frames when
1613 * in monitor mode. However, for best CPU usage and power consumption,
1614 * having as few frames as possible percolate through the stack is
1615 * desirable. Hence, the hardware should filter as much as possible.
1617 * To achieve this, mac80211 uses filter flags (see below) to tell
1618 * the driver's configure_filter() function which frames should be
1619 * passed to mac80211 and which should be filtered out.
1621 * Before configure_filter() is invoked, the prepare_multicast()
1622 * callback is invoked with the parameters @mc_count and @mc_list
1623 * for the combined multicast address list of all virtual interfaces.
1624 * It's use is optional, and it returns a u64 that is passed to
1625 * configure_filter(). Additionally, configure_filter() has the
1626 * arguments @changed_flags telling which flags were changed and
1627 * @total_flags with the new flag states.
1629 * If your device has no multicast address filters your driver will
1630 * need to check both the %FIF_ALLMULTI flag and the @mc_count
1631 * parameter to see whether multicast frames should be accepted
1632 * or dropped.
1634 * All unsupported flags in @total_flags must be cleared.
1635 * Hardware does not support a flag if it is incapable of _passing_
1636 * the frame to the stack. Otherwise the driver must ignore
1637 * the flag, but not clear it.
1638 * You must _only_ clear the flag (announce no support for the
1639 * flag to mac80211) if you are not able to pass the packet type
1640 * to the stack (so the hardware always filters it).
1641 * So for example, you should clear @FIF_CONTROL, if your hardware
1642 * always filters control frames. If your hardware always passes
1643 * control frames to the kernel and is incapable of filtering them,
1644 * you do _not_ clear the @FIF_CONTROL flag.
1645 * This rule applies to all other FIF flags as well.
1649 * DOC: AP support for powersaving clients
1651 * In order to implement AP and P2P GO modes, mac80211 has support for
1652 * client powersaving, both "legacy" PS (PS-Poll/null data) and uAPSD.
1653 * There currently is no support for sAPSD.
1655 * There is one assumption that mac80211 makes, namely that a client
1656 * will not poll with PS-Poll and trigger with uAPSD at the same time.
1657 * Both are supported, and both can be used by the same client, but
1658 * they can't be used concurrently by the same client. This simplifies
1659 * the driver code.
1661 * The first thing to keep in mind is that there is a flag for complete
1662 * driver implementation: %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS. If this flag is set,
1663 * mac80211 expects the driver to handle most of the state machine for
1664 * powersaving clients and will ignore the PM bit in incoming frames.
1665 * Drivers then use ieee80211_sta_ps_transition() to inform mac80211 of
1666 * stations' powersave transitions. In this mode, mac80211 also doesn't
1667 * handle PS-Poll/uAPSD.
1669 * In the mode without %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS, mac80211 will check the
1670 * PM bit in incoming frames for client powersave transitions. When a
1671 * station goes to sleep, we will stop transmitting to it. There is,
1672 * however, a race condition: a station might go to sleep while there is
1673 * data buffered on hardware queues. If the device has support for this
1674 * it will reject frames, and the driver should give the frames back to
1675 * mac80211 with the %IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED flag set which will
1676 * cause mac80211 to retry the frame when the station wakes up. The
1677 * driver is also notified of powersave transitions by calling its
1678 * @sta_notify callback.
1680 * When the station is asleep, it has three choices: it can wake up,
1681 * it can PS-Poll, or it can possibly start a uAPSD service period.
1682 * Waking up is implemented by simply transmitting all buffered (and
1683 * filtered) frames to the station. This is the easiest case. When
1684 * the station sends a PS-Poll or a uAPSD trigger frame, mac80211
1685 * will inform the driver of this with the @allow_buffered_frames
1686 * callback; this callback is optional. mac80211 will then transmit
1687 * the frames as usual and set the %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER
1688 * on each frame. The last frame in the service period (or the only
1689 * response to a PS-Poll) also has %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP set to
1690 * indicate that it ends the service period; as this frame must have
1691 * TX status report it also sets %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS.
1692 * When TX status is reported for this frame, the service period is
1693 * marked has having ended and a new one can be started by the peer.
1695 * Additionally, non-bufferable MMPDUs can also be transmitted by
1696 * mac80211 with the %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER set in them.
1698 * Another race condition can happen on some devices like iwlwifi
1699 * when there are frames queued for the station and it wakes up
1700 * or polls; the frames that are already queued could end up being
1701 * transmitted first instead, causing reordering and/or wrong
1702 * processing of the EOSP. The cause is that allowing frames to be
1703 * transmitted to a certain station is out-of-band communication to
1704 * the device. To allow this problem to be solved, the driver can
1705 * call ieee80211_sta_block_awake() if frames are buffered when it
1706 * is notified that the station went to sleep. When all these frames
1707 * have been filtered (see above), it must call the function again
1708 * to indicate that the station is no longer blocked.
1710 * If the driver buffers frames in the driver for aggregation in any
1711 * way, it must use the ieee80211_sta_set_buffered() call when it is
1712 * notified of the station going to sleep to inform mac80211 of any
1713 * TIDs that have frames buffered. Note that when a station wakes up
1714 * this information is reset (hence the requirement to call it when
1715 * informed of the station going to sleep). Then, when a service
1716 * period starts for any reason, @release_buffered_frames is called
1717 * with the number of frames to be released and which TIDs they are
1718 * to come from. In this case, the driver is responsible for setting
1719 * the EOSP (for uAPSD) and MORE_DATA bits in the released frames,
1720 * to help the @more_data paramter is passed to tell the driver if
1721 * there is more data on other TIDs -- the TIDs to release frames
1722 * from are ignored since mac80211 doesn't know how many frames the
1723 * buffers for those TIDs contain.
1725 * If the driver also implement GO mode, where absence periods may
1726 * shorten service periods (or abort PS-Poll responses), it must
1727 * filter those response frames except in the case of frames that
1728 * are buffered in the driver -- those must remain buffered to avoid
1729 * reordering. Because it is possible that no frames are released
1730 * in this case, the driver must call ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe()
1731 * to indicate to mac80211 that the service period ended anyway.
1733 * Finally, if frames from multiple TIDs are released from mac80211
1734 * but the driver might reorder them, it must clear & set the flags
1735 * appropriately (only the last frame may have %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP)
1736 * and also take care of the EOSP and MORE_DATA bits in the frame.
1737 * The driver may also use ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe() in this case.
1741 * DOC: HW queue control
1743 * Before HW queue control was introduced, mac80211 only had a single static
1744 * assignment of per-interface AC software queues to hardware queues. This
1745 * was problematic for a few reasons:
1746 * 1) off-channel transmissions might get stuck behind other frames
1747 * 2) multiple virtual interfaces couldn't be handled correctly
1748 * 3) after-DTIM frames could get stuck behind other frames
1750 * To solve this, hardware typically uses multiple different queues for all
1751 * the different usages, and this needs to be propagated into mac80211 so it
1752 * won't have the same problem with the software queues.
1754 * Therefore, mac80211 now offers the %IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL capability
1755 * flag that tells it that the driver implements its own queue control. To do
1756 * so, the driver will set up the various queues in each &struct ieee80211_vif
1757 * and the offchannel queue in &struct ieee80211_hw. In response, mac80211 will
1758 * use those queue IDs in the hw_queue field of &struct ieee80211_tx_info and
1759 * if necessary will queue the frame on the right software queue that mirrors
1760 * the hardware queue.
1761 * Additionally, the driver has to then use these HW queue IDs for the queue
1762 * management functions (ieee80211_stop_queue() et al.)
1764 * The driver is free to set up the queue mappings as needed, multiple virtual
1765 * interfaces may map to the same hardware queues if needed. The setup has to
1766 * happen during add_interface or change_interface callbacks. For example, a
1767 * driver supporting station+station and station+AP modes might decide to have
1768 * 10 hardware queues to handle different scenarios:
1770 * 4 AC HW queues for 1st vif: 0, 1, 2, 3
1771 * 4 AC HW queues for 2nd vif: 4, 5, 6, 7
1772 * after-DTIM queue for AP: 8
1773 * off-channel queue: 9
1775 * It would then set up the hardware like this:
1776 * hw.offchannel_tx_hw_queue = 9
1778 * and the first virtual interface that is added as follows:
1779 * vif.hw_queue[IEEE80211_AC_VO] = 0
1780 * vif.hw_queue[IEEE80211_AC_VI] = 1
1781 * vif.hw_queue[IEEE80211_AC_BE] = 2
1782 * vif.hw_queue[IEEE80211_AC_BK] = 3
1783 * vif.cab_queue = 8 // if AP mode, otherwise %IEEE80211_INVAL_HW_QUEUE
1784 * and the second virtual interface with 4-7.
1786 * If queue 6 gets full, for example, mac80211 would only stop the second
1787 * virtual interface's BE queue since virtual interface queues are per AC.
1789 * Note that the vif.cab_queue value should be set to %IEEE80211_INVAL_HW_QUEUE
1790 * whenever the queue is not used (i.e. the interface is not in AP mode) if the
1791 * queue could potentially be shared since mac80211 will look at cab_queue when
1792 * a queue is stopped/woken even if the interface is not in AP mode.
1796 * enum ieee80211_filter_flags - hardware filter flags
1798 * These flags determine what the filter in hardware should be
1799 * programmed to let through and what should not be passed to the
1800 * stack. It is always safe to pass more frames than requested,
1801 * but this has negative impact on power consumption.
1803 * @FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS: promiscuous mode within your BSS,
1804 * think of the BSS as your network segment and then this corresponds
1805 * to the regular ethernet device promiscuous mode.
1807 * @FIF_ALLMULTI: pass all multicast frames, this is used if requested
1808 * by the user or if the hardware is not capable of filtering by
1809 * multicast address.
1811 * @FIF_FCSFAIL: pass frames with failed FCS (but you need to set the
1812 * %RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC for them)
1814 * @FIF_PLCPFAIL: pass frames with failed PLCP CRC (but you need to set
1815 * the %RX_FLAG_FAILED_PLCP_CRC for them
1817 * @FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC: This flag is set during scanning to indicate
1818 * to the hardware that it should not filter beacons or probe responses
1819 * by BSSID. Filtering them can greatly reduce the amount of processing
1820 * mac80211 needs to do and the amount of CPU wakeups, so you should
1821 * honour this flag if possible.
1823 * @FIF_CONTROL: pass control frames (except for PS Poll), if PROMISC_IN_BSS
1824 * is not set then only those addressed to this station.
1826 * @FIF_OTHER_BSS: pass frames destined to other BSSes
1828 * @FIF_PSPOLL: pass PS Poll frames, if PROMISC_IN_BSS is not set then only
1829 * those addressed to this station.
1831 * @FIF_PROBE_REQ: pass probe request frames
1833 enum ieee80211_filter_flags {
1834 FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS = 1<<0,
1835 FIF_ALLMULTI = 1<<1,
1836 FIF_FCSFAIL = 1<<2,
1837 FIF_PLCPFAIL = 1<<3,
1838 FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC = 1<<4,
1839 FIF_CONTROL = 1<<5,
1840 FIF_OTHER_BSS = 1<<6,
1841 FIF_PSPOLL = 1<<7,
1842 FIF_PROBE_REQ = 1<<8,
1846 * enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action - A-MPDU actions
1848 * These flags are used with the ampdu_action() callback in
1849 * &struct ieee80211_ops to indicate which action is needed.
1851 * Note that drivers MUST be able to deal with a TX aggregation
1852 * session being stopped even before they OK'ed starting it by
1853 * calling ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe, because the peer
1854 * might receive the addBA frame and send a delBA right away!
1856 * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_START: start Rx aggregation
1857 * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_STOP: stop Rx aggregation
1858 * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START: start Tx aggregation
1859 * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_STOP: stop Tx aggregation
1860 * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_OPERATIONAL: TX aggregation has become operational
1862 enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action {
1863 IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_START,
1864 IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_STOP,
1865 IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START,
1866 IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_STOP,
1867 IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_OPERATIONAL,
1871 * enum ieee80211_frame_release_type - frame release reason
1872 * @IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_PSPOLL: frame released for PS-Poll
1873 * @IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_UAPSD: frame(s) released due to
1874 * frame received on trigger-enabled AC
1876 enum ieee80211_frame_release_type {
1877 IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_PSPOLL,
1878 IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_UAPSD,
1882 * enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed - flags to indicate what changed
1884 * @IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED: The bandwidth that can be used to transmit
1885 * to this station changed.
1886 * @IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED: The SMPS state of the station changed.
1888 enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed {
1889 IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED = BIT(0),
1890 IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED = BIT(1),
1894 * struct ieee80211_ops - callbacks from mac80211 to the driver
1896 * This structure contains various callbacks that the driver may
1897 * handle or, in some cases, must handle, for example to configure
1898 * the hardware to a new channel or to transmit a frame.
1900 * @tx: Handler that 802.11 module calls for each transmitted frame.
1901 * skb contains the buffer starting from the IEEE 802.11 header.
1902 * The low-level driver should send the frame out based on
1903 * configuration in the TX control data. This handler should,
1904 * preferably, never fail and stop queues appropriately.
1905 * Must be atomic.
1907 * @start: Called before the first netdevice attached to the hardware
1908 * is enabled. This should turn on the hardware and must turn on
1909 * frame reception (for possibly enabled monitor interfaces.)
1910 * Returns negative error codes, these may be seen in userspace,
1911 * or zero.
1912 * When the device is started it should not have a MAC address
1913 * to avoid acknowledging frames before a non-monitor device
1914 * is added.
1915 * Must be implemented and can sleep.
1917 * @stop: Called after last netdevice attached to the hardware
1918 * is disabled. This should turn off the hardware (at least
1919 * it must turn off frame reception.)
1920 * May be called right after add_interface if that rejects
1921 * an interface. If you added any work onto the mac80211 workqueue
1922 * you should ensure to cancel it on this callback.
1923 * Must be implemented and can sleep.
1925 * @suspend: Suspend the device; mac80211 itself will quiesce before and
1926 * stop transmitting and doing any other configuration, and then
1927 * ask the device to suspend. This is only invoked when WoWLAN is
1928 * configured, otherwise the device is deconfigured completely and
1929 * reconfigured at resume time.
1930 * The driver may also impose special conditions under which it
1931 * wants to use the "normal" suspend (deconfigure), say if it only
1932 * supports WoWLAN when the device is associated. In this case, it
1933 * must return 1 from this function.
1935 * @resume: If WoWLAN was configured, this indicates that mac80211 is
1936 * now resuming its operation, after this the device must be fully
1937 * functional again. If this returns an error, the only way out is
1938 * to also unregister the device. If it returns 1, then mac80211
1939 * will also go through the regular complete restart on resume.
1941 * @set_wakeup: Enable or disable wakeup when WoWLAN configuration is
1942 * modified. The reason is that device_set_wakeup_enable() is
1943 * supposed to be called when the configuration changes, not only
1944 * in suspend().
1946 * @add_interface: Called when a netdevice attached to the hardware is
1947 * enabled. Because it is not called for monitor mode devices, @start
1948 * and @stop must be implemented.
1949 * The driver should perform any initialization it needs before
1950 * the device can be enabled. The initial configuration for the
1951 * interface is given in the conf parameter.
1952 * The callback may refuse to add an interface by returning a
1953 * negative error code (which will be seen in userspace.)
1954 * Must be implemented and can sleep.
1956 * @change_interface: Called when a netdevice changes type. This callback
1957 * is optional, but only if it is supported can interface types be
1958 * switched while the interface is UP. The callback may sleep.
1959 * Note that while an interface is being switched, it will not be
1960 * found by the interface iteration callbacks.
1962 * @remove_interface: Notifies a driver that an interface is going down.
1963 * The @stop callback is called after this if it is the last interface
1964 * and no monitor interfaces are present.
1965 * When all interfaces are removed, the MAC address in the hardware
1966 * must be cleared so the device no longer acknowledges packets,
1967 * the mac_addr member of the conf structure is, however, set to the
1968 * MAC address of the device going away.
1969 * Hence, this callback must be implemented. It can sleep.
1971 * @config: Handler for configuration requests. IEEE 802.11 code calls this
1972 * function to change hardware configuration, e.g., channel.
1973 * This function should never fail but returns a negative error code
1974 * if it does. The callback can sleep.
1976 * @bss_info_changed: Handler for configuration requests related to BSS
1977 * parameters that may vary during BSS's lifespan, and may affect low
1978 * level driver (e.g. assoc/disassoc status, erp parameters).
1979 * This function should not be used if no BSS has been set, unless
1980 * for association indication. The @changed parameter indicates which
1981 * of the bss parameters has changed when a call is made. The callback
1982 * can sleep.
1984 * @prepare_multicast: Prepare for multicast filter configuration.
1985 * This callback is optional, and its return value is passed
1986 * to configure_filter(). This callback must be atomic.
1988 * @configure_filter: Configure the device's RX filter.
1989 * See the section "Frame filtering" for more information.
1990 * This callback must be implemented and can sleep.
1992 * @set_tim: Set TIM bit. mac80211 calls this function when a TIM bit
1993 * must be set or cleared for a given STA. Must be atomic.
1995 * @set_key: See the section "Hardware crypto acceleration"
1996 * This callback is only called between add_interface and
1997 * remove_interface calls, i.e. while the given virtual interface
1998 * is enabled.
1999 * Returns a negative error code if the key can't be added.
2000 * The callback can sleep.
2002 * @update_tkip_key: See the section "Hardware crypto acceleration"
2003 * This callback will be called in the context of Rx. Called for drivers
2004 * which set IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_TKIP_REQ_RX_P1_KEY.
2005 * The callback must be atomic.
2007 * @set_rekey_data: If the device supports GTK rekeying, for example while the
2008 * host is suspended, it can assign this callback to retrieve the data
2009 * necessary to do GTK rekeying, this is the KEK, KCK and replay counter.
2010 * After rekeying was done it should (for example during resume) notify
2011 * userspace of the new replay counter using ieee80211_gtk_rekey_notify().
2013 * @hw_scan: Ask the hardware to service the scan request, no need to start
2014 * the scan state machine in stack. The scan must honour the channel
2015 * configuration done by the regulatory agent in the wiphy's
2016 * registered bands. The hardware (or the driver) needs to make sure
2017 * that power save is disabled.
2018 * The @req ie/ie_len members are rewritten by mac80211 to contain the
2019 * entire IEs after the SSID, so that drivers need not look at these
2020 * at all but just send them after the SSID -- mac80211 includes the
2021 * (extended) supported rates and HT information (where applicable).
2022 * When the scan finishes, ieee80211_scan_completed() must be called;
2023 * note that it also must be called when the scan cannot finish due to
2024 * any error unless this callback returned a negative error code.
2025 * The callback can sleep.
2027 * @cancel_hw_scan: Ask the low-level tp cancel the active hw scan.
2028 * The driver should ask the hardware to cancel the scan (if possible),
2029 * but the scan will be completed only after the driver will call
2030 * ieee80211_scan_completed().
2031 * This callback is needed for wowlan, to prevent enqueueing a new
2032 * scan_work after the low-level driver was already suspended.
2033 * The callback can sleep.
2035 * @sched_scan_start: Ask the hardware to start scanning repeatedly at
2036 * specific intervals. The driver must call the
2037 * ieee80211_sched_scan_results() function whenever it finds results.
2038 * This process will continue until sched_scan_stop is called.
2040 * @sched_scan_stop: Tell the hardware to stop an ongoing scheduled scan.
2042 * @sw_scan_start: Notifier function that is called just before a software scan
2043 * is started. Can be NULL, if the driver doesn't need this notification.
2044 * The callback can sleep.
2046 * @sw_scan_complete: Notifier function that is called just after a
2047 * software scan finished. Can be NULL, if the driver doesn't need
2048 * this notification.
2049 * The callback can sleep.
2051 * @get_stats: Return low-level statistics.
2052 * Returns zero if statistics are available.
2053 * The callback can sleep.
2055 * @get_tkip_seq: If your device implements TKIP encryption in hardware this
2056 * callback should be provided to read the TKIP transmit IVs (both IV32
2057 * and IV16) for the given key from hardware.
2058 * The callback must be atomic.
2060 * @set_frag_threshold: Configuration of fragmentation threshold. Assign this
2061 * if the device does fragmentation by itself; if this callback is
2062 * implemented then the stack will not do fragmentation.
2063 * The callback can sleep.
2065 * @set_rts_threshold: Configuration of RTS threshold (if device needs it)
2066 * The callback can sleep.
2068 * @sta_add: Notifies low level driver about addition of an associated station,
2069 * AP, IBSS/WDS/mesh peer etc. This callback can sleep.
2071 * @sta_remove: Notifies low level driver about removal of an associated
2072 * station, AP, IBSS/WDS/mesh peer etc. This callback can sleep.
2074 * @sta_notify: Notifies low level driver about power state transition of an
2075 * associated station, AP, IBSS/WDS/mesh peer etc. For a VIF operating
2076 * in AP mode, this callback will not be called when the flag
2077 * %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS is set. Must be atomic.
2079 * @sta_state: Notifies low level driver about state transition of a
2080 * station (which can be the AP, a client, IBSS/WDS/mesh peer etc.)
2081 * This callback is mutually exclusive with @sta_add/@sta_remove.
2082 * It must not fail for down transitions but may fail for transitions
2083 * up the list of states.
2084 * The callback can sleep.
2086 * @sta_rc_update: Notifies the driver of changes to the bitrates that can be
2087 * used to transmit to the station. The changes are advertised with bits
2088 * from &enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed and the values are reflected
2089 * in the station data. This callback should only be used when the driver
2090 * uses hardware rate control (%IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL) since
2091 * otherwise the rate control algorithm is notified directly.
2092 * Must be atomic.
2094 * @conf_tx: Configure TX queue parameters (EDCF (aifs, cw_min, cw_max),
2095 * bursting) for a hardware TX queue.
2096 * Returns a negative error code on failure.
2097 * The callback can sleep.
2099 * @get_tsf: Get the current TSF timer value from firmware/hardware. Currently,
2100 * this is only used for IBSS mode BSSID merging and debugging. Is not a
2101 * required function.
2102 * The callback can sleep.
2104 * @set_tsf: Set the TSF timer to the specified value in the firmware/hardware.
2105 * Currently, this is only used for IBSS mode debugging. Is not a
2106 * required function.
2107 * The callback can sleep.
2109 * @reset_tsf: Reset the TSF timer and allow firmware/hardware to synchronize
2110 * with other STAs in the IBSS. This is only used in IBSS mode. This
2111 * function is optional if the firmware/hardware takes full care of
2112 * TSF synchronization.
2113 * The callback can sleep.
2115 * @tx_last_beacon: Determine whether the last IBSS beacon was sent by us.
2116 * This is needed only for IBSS mode and the result of this function is
2117 * used to determine whether to reply to Probe Requests.
2118 * Returns non-zero if this device sent the last beacon.
2119 * The callback can sleep.
2121 * @ampdu_action: Perform a certain A-MPDU action
2122 * The RA/TID combination determines the destination and TID we want
2123 * the ampdu action to be performed for. The action is defined through
2124 * ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action. Starting sequence number (@ssn)
2125 * is the first frame we expect to perform the action on. Notice
2126 * that TX/RX_STOP can pass NULL for this parameter.
2127 * The @buf_size parameter is only valid when the action is set to
2128 * %IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_OPERATIONAL and indicates the peer's reorder
2129 * buffer size (number of subframes) for this session -- the driver
2130 * may neither send aggregates containing more subframes than this
2131 * nor send aggregates in a way that lost frames would exceed the
2132 * buffer size. If just limiting the aggregate size, this would be
2133 * possible with a buf_size of 8:
2134 * - TX: 1.....7
2135 * - RX: 2....7 (lost frame #1)
2136 * - TX: 8..1...
2137 * which is invalid since #1 was now re-transmitted well past the
2138 * buffer size of 8. Correct ways to retransmit #1 would be:
2139 * - TX: 1 or 18 or 81
2140 * Even "189" would be wrong since 1 could be lost again.
2142 * Returns a negative error code on failure.
2143 * The callback can sleep.
2145 * @get_survey: Return per-channel survey information
2147 * @rfkill_poll: Poll rfkill hardware state. If you need this, you also
2148 * need to set wiphy->rfkill_poll to %true before registration,
2149 * and need to call wiphy_rfkill_set_hw_state() in the callback.
2150 * The callback can sleep.
2152 * @set_coverage_class: Set slot time for given coverage class as specified
2153 * in IEEE 802.11-2007 section 17.3.8.6 and modify ACK timeout
2154 * accordingly. This callback is not required and may sleep.
2156 * @testmode_cmd: Implement a cfg80211 test mode command.
2157 * The callback can sleep.
2158 * @testmode_dump: Implement a cfg80211 test mode dump. The callback can sleep.
2160 * @flush: Flush all pending frames from the hardware queue, making sure
2161 * that the hardware queues are empty. If the parameter @drop is set
2162 * to %true, pending frames may be dropped. The callback can sleep.
2164 * @channel_switch: Drivers that need (or want) to offload the channel
2165 * switch operation for CSAs received from the AP may implement this
2166 * callback. They must then call ieee80211_chswitch_done() to indicate
2167 * completion of the channel switch.
2169 * @napi_poll: Poll Rx queue for incoming data frames.
2171 * @set_antenna: Set antenna configuration (tx_ant, rx_ant) on the device.
2172 * Parameters are bitmaps of allowed antennas to use for TX/RX. Drivers may
2173 * reject TX/RX mask combinations they cannot support by returning -EINVAL
2174 * (also see nl80211.h @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX).
2176 * @get_antenna: Get current antenna configuration from device (tx_ant, rx_ant).
2178 * @remain_on_channel: Starts an off-channel period on the given channel, must
2179 * call back to ieee80211_ready_on_channel() when on that channel. Note
2180 * that normal channel traffic is not stopped as this is intended for hw
2181 * offload. Frames to transmit on the off-channel channel are transmitted
2182 * normally except for the %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN flag. When the
2183 * duration (which will always be non-zero) expires, the driver must call
2184 * ieee80211_remain_on_channel_expired().
2185 * Note that this callback may be called while the device is in IDLE and
2186 * must be accepted in this case.
2187 * This callback may sleep.
2188 * @cancel_remain_on_channel: Requests that an ongoing off-channel period is
2189 * aborted before it expires. This callback may sleep.
2191 * @set_ringparam: Set tx and rx ring sizes.
2193 * @get_ringparam: Get tx and rx ring current and maximum sizes.
2195 * @tx_frames_pending: Check if there is any pending frame in the hardware
2196 * queues before entering power save.
2198 * @set_bitrate_mask: Set a mask of rates to be used for rate control selection
2199 * when transmitting a frame. Currently only legacy rates are handled.
2200 * The callback can sleep.
2201 * @rssi_callback: Notify driver when the average RSSI goes above/below
2202 * thresholds that were registered previously. The callback can sleep.
2204 * @release_buffered_frames: Release buffered frames according to the given
2205 * parameters. In the case where the driver buffers some frames for
2206 * sleeping stations mac80211 will use this callback to tell the driver
2207 * to release some frames, either for PS-poll or uAPSD.
2208 * Note that if the @more_data paramter is %false the driver must check
2209 * if there are more frames on the given TIDs, and if there are more than
2210 * the frames being released then it must still set the more-data bit in
2211 * the frame. If the @more_data parameter is %true, then of course the
2212 * more-data bit must always be set.
2213 * The @tids parameter tells the driver which TIDs to release frames
2214 * from, for PS-poll it will always have only a single bit set.
2215 * In the case this is used for a PS-poll initiated release, the
2216 * @num_frames parameter will always be 1 so code can be shared. In
2217 * this case the driver must also set %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP flag
2218 * on the TX status (and must report TX status) so that the PS-poll
2219 * period is properly ended. This is used to avoid sending multiple
2220 * responses for a retried PS-poll frame.
2221 * In the case this is used for uAPSD, the @num_frames parameter may be
2222 * bigger than one, but the driver may send fewer frames (it must send
2223 * at least one, however). In this case it is also responsible for
2224 * setting the EOSP flag in the QoS header of the frames. Also, when the
2225 * service period ends, the driver must set %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP
2226 * on the last frame in the SP. Alternatively, it may call the function
2227 * ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe() to inform mac80211 of the end of the SP.
2228 * This callback must be atomic.
2229 * @allow_buffered_frames: Prepare device to allow the given number of frames
2230 * to go out to the given station. The frames will be sent by mac80211
2231 * via the usual TX path after this call. The TX information for frames
2232 * released will also have the %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER flag set
2233 * and the last one will also have %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP set. In case
2234 * frames from multiple TIDs are released and the driver might reorder
2235 * them between the TIDs, it must set the %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP flag
2236 * on the last frame and clear it on all others and also handle the EOSP
2237 * bit in the QoS header correctly. Alternatively, it can also call the
2238 * ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe() function.
2239 * The @tids parameter is a bitmap and tells the driver which TIDs the
2240 * frames will be on; it will at most have two bits set.
2241 * This callback must be atomic.
2243 * @get_et_sset_count: Ethtool API to get string-set count.
2245 * @get_et_stats: Ethtool API to get a set of u64 stats.
2247 * @get_et_strings: Ethtool API to get a set of strings to describe stats
2248 * and perhaps other supported types of ethtool data-sets.
2250 * @get_rssi: Get current signal strength in dBm, the function is optional
2251 * and can sleep.
2253 * @mgd_prepare_tx: Prepare for transmitting a management frame for association
2254 * before associated. In multi-channel scenarios, a virtual interface is
2255 * bound to a channel before it is associated, but as it isn't associated
2256 * yet it need not necessarily be given airtime, in particular since any
2257 * transmission to a P2P GO needs to be synchronized against the GO's
2258 * powersave state. mac80211 will call this function before transmitting a
2259 * management frame prior to having successfully associated to allow the
2260 * driver to give it channel time for the transmission, to get a response
2261 * and to be able to synchronize with the GO.
2262 * The callback will be called before each transmission and upon return
2263 * mac80211 will transmit the frame right away.
2264 * The callback is optional and can (should!) sleep.
2266 struct ieee80211_ops {
2267 void (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
2268 int (*start)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2269 void (*stop)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2270 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
2271 int (*suspend)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct cfg80211_wowlan *wowlan);
2272 int (*resume)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2273 void (*set_wakeup)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool enabled);
2274 #endif
2275 int (*add_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2276 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2277 int (*change_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2278 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2279 enum nl80211_iftype new_type, bool p2p);
2280 void (*remove_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2281 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2282 int (*config)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed);
2283 void (*bss_info_changed)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2284 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2285 struct ieee80211_bss_conf *info,
2286 u32 changed);
2288 u64 (*prepare_multicast)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2289 struct netdev_hw_addr_list *mc_list);
2290 void (*configure_filter)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2291 unsigned int changed_flags,
2292 unsigned int *total_flags,
2293 u64 multicast);
2294 int (*set_tim)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2295 bool set);
2296 int (*set_key)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, enum set_key_cmd cmd,
2297 struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2298 struct ieee80211_key_conf *key);
2299 void (*update_tkip_key)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2300 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2301 struct ieee80211_key_conf *conf,
2302 struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2303 u32 iv32, u16 *phase1key);
2304 void (*set_rekey_data)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2305 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2306 struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data *data);
2307 int (*hw_scan)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2308 struct cfg80211_scan_request *req);
2309 void (*cancel_hw_scan)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2310 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2311 int (*sched_scan_start)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2312 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2313 struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request *req,
2314 struct ieee80211_sched_scan_ies *ies);
2315 void (*sched_scan_stop)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2316 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2317 void (*sw_scan_start)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2318 void (*sw_scan_complete)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2319 int (*get_stats)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2320 struct ieee80211_low_level_stats *stats);
2321 void (*get_tkip_seq)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 hw_key_idx,
2322 u32 *iv32, u16 *iv16);
2323 int (*set_frag_threshold)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 value);
2324 int (*set_rts_threshold)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 value);
2325 int (*sta_add)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2326 struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
2327 int (*sta_remove)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2328 struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
2329 void (*sta_notify)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2330 enum sta_notify_cmd, struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
2331 int (*sta_state)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2332 struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2333 enum ieee80211_sta_state old_state,
2334 enum ieee80211_sta_state new_state);
2335 void (*sta_rc_update)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2336 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2337 struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2338 u32 changed);
2339 int (*conf_tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2340 struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 ac,
2341 const struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params *params);
2342 u64 (*get_tsf)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2343 void (*set_tsf)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2344 u64 tsf);
2345 void (*reset_tsf)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2346 int (*tx_last_beacon)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2347 int (*ampdu_action)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2348 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2349 enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action action,
2350 struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u16 tid, u16 *ssn,
2351 u8 buf_size);
2352 int (*get_survey)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int idx,
2353 struct survey_info *survey);
2354 void (*rfkill_poll)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2355 void (*set_coverage_class)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 coverage_class);
2356 #ifdef CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE
2357 int (*testmode_cmd)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, void *data, int len);
2358 int (*testmode_dump)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
2359 struct netlink_callback *cb,
2360 void *data, int len);
2361 #endif
2362 void (*flush)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool drop);
2363 void (*channel_switch)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2364 struct ieee80211_channel_switch *ch_switch);
2365 int (*napi_poll)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int budget);
2366 int (*set_antenna)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 tx_ant, u32 rx_ant);
2367 int (*get_antenna)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 *tx_ant, u32 *rx_ant);
2369 int (*remain_on_channel)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2370 struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
2371 enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type,
2372 int duration);
2373 int (*cancel_remain_on_channel)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2374 int (*set_ringparam)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 tx, u32 rx);
2375 void (*get_ringparam)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2376 u32 *tx, u32 *tx_max, u32 *rx, u32 *rx_max);
2377 bool (*tx_frames_pending)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2378 int (*set_bitrate_mask)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2379 const struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask *mask);
2380 void (*rssi_callback)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2381 enum ieee80211_rssi_event rssi_event);
2383 void (*allow_buffered_frames)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2384 struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2385 u16 tids, int num_frames,
2386 enum ieee80211_frame_release_type reason,
2387 bool more_data);
2388 void (*release_buffered_frames)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2389 struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2390 u16 tids, int num_frames,
2391 enum ieee80211_frame_release_type reason,
2392 bool more_data);
2394 int (*get_et_sset_count)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2395 struct ieee80211_vif *vif, int sset);
2396 void (*get_et_stats)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2397 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2398 struct ethtool_stats *stats, u64 *data);
2399 void (*get_et_strings)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2400 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2401 u32 sset, u8 *data);
2402 int (*get_rssi)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2403 struct ieee80211_sta *sta, s8 *rssi_dbm);
2405 void (*mgd_prepare_tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2406 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2410 * ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device
2412 * This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer
2413 * must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions.
2414 * mac80211 allocates a private data area for the driver pointed to by
2415 * @priv in &struct ieee80211_hw, the size of this area is given as
2416 * @priv_data_len.
2418 * @priv_data_len: length of private data
2419 * @ops: callbacks for this device
2421 struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len,
2422 const struct ieee80211_ops *ops);
2425 * ieee80211_register_hw - Register hardware device
2427 * You must call this function before any other functions in
2428 * mac80211. Note that before a hardware can be registered, you
2429 * need to fill the contained wiphy's information.
2431 * @hw: the device to register as returned by ieee80211_alloc_hw()
2433 int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2436 * struct ieee80211_tpt_blink - throughput blink description
2437 * @throughput: throughput in Kbit/sec
2438 * @blink_time: blink time in milliseconds
2439 * (full cycle, ie. one off + one on period)
2441 struct ieee80211_tpt_blink {
2442 int throughput;
2443 int blink_time;
2447 * enum ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags - throughput trigger flags
2448 * @IEEE80211_TPT_LEDTRIG_FL_RADIO: enable blinking with radio
2449 * @IEEE80211_TPT_LEDTRIG_FL_WORK: enable blinking when working
2450 * @IEEE80211_TPT_LEDTRIG_FL_CONNECTED: enable blinking when at least one
2451 * interface is connected in some way, including being an AP
2453 enum ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags {
2454 IEEE80211_TPT_LEDTRIG_FL_RADIO = BIT(0),
2455 IEEE80211_TPT_LEDTRIG_FL_WORK = BIT(1),
2456 IEEE80211_TPT_LEDTRIG_FL_CONNECTED = BIT(2),
2459 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
2460 extern char *__ieee80211_get_tx_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2461 extern char *__ieee80211_get_rx_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2462 extern char *__ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2463 extern char *__ieee80211_get_radio_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2464 extern char *__ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger(
2465 struct ieee80211_hw *hw, unsigned int flags,
2466 const struct ieee80211_tpt_blink *blink_table,
2467 unsigned int blink_table_len);
2468 #endif
2470 * ieee80211_get_tx_led_name - get name of TX LED
2472 * mac80211 creates a transmit LED trigger for each wireless hardware
2473 * that can be used to drive LEDs if your driver registers a LED device.
2474 * This function returns the name (or %NULL if not configured for LEDs)
2475 * of the trigger so you can automatically link the LED device.
2477 * @hw: the hardware to get the LED trigger name for
2479 static inline char *ieee80211_get_tx_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
2481 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
2482 return __ieee80211_get_tx_led_name(hw);
2483 #else
2484 return NULL;
2485 #endif
2489 * ieee80211_get_rx_led_name - get name of RX LED
2491 * mac80211 creates a receive LED trigger for each wireless hardware
2492 * that can be used to drive LEDs if your driver registers a LED device.
2493 * This function returns the name (or %NULL if not configured for LEDs)
2494 * of the trigger so you can automatically link the LED device.
2496 * @hw: the hardware to get the LED trigger name for
2498 static inline char *ieee80211_get_rx_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
2500 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
2501 return __ieee80211_get_rx_led_name(hw);
2502 #else
2503 return NULL;
2504 #endif
2508 * ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name - get name of association LED
2510 * mac80211 creates a association LED trigger for each wireless hardware
2511 * that can be used to drive LEDs if your driver registers a LED device.
2512 * This function returns the name (or %NULL if not configured for LEDs)
2513 * of the trigger so you can automatically link the LED device.
2515 * @hw: the hardware to get the LED trigger name for
2517 static inline char *ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
2519 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
2520 return __ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name(hw);
2521 #else
2522 return NULL;
2523 #endif
2527 * ieee80211_get_radio_led_name - get name of radio LED
2529 * mac80211 creates a radio change LED trigger for each wireless hardware
2530 * that can be used to drive LEDs if your driver registers a LED device.
2531 * This function returns the name (or %NULL if not configured for LEDs)
2532 * of the trigger so you can automatically link the LED device.
2534 * @hw: the hardware to get the LED trigger name for
2536 static inline char *ieee80211_get_radio_led_name(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
2538 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
2539 return __ieee80211_get_radio_led_name(hw);
2540 #else
2541 return NULL;
2542 #endif
2546 * ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger - create throughput LED trigger
2547 * @hw: the hardware to create the trigger for
2548 * @flags: trigger flags, see &enum ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags
2549 * @blink_table: the blink table -- needs to be ordered by throughput
2550 * @blink_table_len: size of the blink table
2552 * This function returns %NULL (in case of error, or if no LED
2553 * triggers are configured) or the name of the new trigger.
2554 * This function must be called before ieee80211_register_hw().
2556 static inline char *
2557 ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, unsigned int flags,
2558 const struct ieee80211_tpt_blink *blink_table,
2559 unsigned int blink_table_len)
2561 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
2562 return __ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger(hw, flags, blink_table,
2563 blink_table_len);
2564 #else
2565 return NULL;
2566 #endif
2570 * ieee80211_unregister_hw - Unregister a hardware device
2572 * This function instructs mac80211 to free allocated resources
2573 * and unregister netdevices from the networking subsystem.
2575 * @hw: the hardware to unregister
2577 void ieee80211_unregister_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2580 * ieee80211_free_hw - free hardware descriptor
2582 * This function frees everything that was allocated, including the
2583 * private data for the driver. You must call ieee80211_unregister_hw()
2584 * before calling this function.
2586 * @hw: the hardware to free
2588 void ieee80211_free_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2591 * ieee80211_restart_hw - restart hardware completely
2593 * Call this function when the hardware was restarted for some reason
2594 * (hardware error, ...) and the driver is unable to restore its state
2595 * by itself. mac80211 assumes that at this point the driver/hardware
2596 * is completely uninitialised and stopped, it starts the process by
2597 * calling the ->start() operation. The driver will need to reset all
2598 * internal state that it has prior to calling this function.
2600 * @hw: the hardware to restart
2602 void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2604 /** ieee80211_napi_schedule - schedule NAPI poll
2606 * Use this function to schedule NAPI polling on a device.
2608 * @hw: the hardware to start polling
2610 void ieee80211_napi_schedule(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2612 /** ieee80211_napi_complete - complete NAPI polling
2614 * Use this function to finish NAPI polling on a device.
2616 * @hw: the hardware to stop polling
2618 void ieee80211_napi_complete(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
2621 * ieee80211_rx - receive frame
2623 * Use this function to hand received frames to mac80211. The receive
2624 * buffer in @skb must start with an IEEE 802.11 header. In case of a
2625 * paged @skb is used, the driver is recommended to put the ieee80211
2626 * header of the frame on the linear part of the @skb to avoid memory
2627 * allocation and/or memcpy by the stack.
2629 * This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function
2630 * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls to
2631 * this function, ieee80211_rx_ni() and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() may not be
2632 * mixed for a single hardware.
2634 * In process context use instead ieee80211_rx_ni().
2636 * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on
2637 * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call
2639 void ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
2642 * ieee80211_rx_irqsafe - receive frame
2644 * Like ieee80211_rx() but can be called in IRQ context
2645 * (internally defers to a tasklet.)
2647 * Calls to this function, ieee80211_rx() or ieee80211_rx_ni() may not
2648 * be mixed for a single hardware.
2650 * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on
2651 * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call
2653 void ieee80211_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
2656 * ieee80211_rx_ni - receive frame (in process context)
2658 * Like ieee80211_rx() but can be called in process context
2659 * (internally disables bottom halves).
2661 * Calls to this function, ieee80211_rx() and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() may
2662 * not be mixed for a single hardware.
2664 * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on
2665 * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call
2667 static inline void ieee80211_rx_ni(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2668 struct sk_buff *skb)
2670 local_bh_disable();
2671 ieee80211_rx(hw, skb);
2672 local_bh_enable();
2676 * ieee80211_sta_ps_transition - PS transition for connected sta
2678 * When operating in AP mode with the %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS
2679 * flag set, use this function to inform mac80211 about a connected station
2680 * entering/leaving PS mode.
2682 * This function may not be called in IRQ context or with softirqs enabled.
2684 * Calls to this function for a single hardware must be synchronized against
2685 * each other.
2687 * The function returns -EINVAL when the requested PS mode is already set.
2689 * @sta: currently connected sta
2690 * @start: start or stop PS
2692 int ieee80211_sta_ps_transition(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, bool start);
2695 * ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni - PS transition for connected sta
2696 * (in process context)
2698 * Like ieee80211_sta_ps_transition() but can be called in process context
2699 * (internally disables bottom halves). Concurrent call restriction still
2700 * applies.
2702 * @sta: currently connected sta
2703 * @start: start or stop PS
2705 static inline int ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2706 bool start)
2708 int ret;
2710 local_bh_disable();
2711 ret = ieee80211_sta_ps_transition(sta, start);
2712 local_bh_enable();
2714 return ret;
2718 * The TX headroom reserved by mac80211 for its own tx_status functions.
2719 * This is enough for the radiotap header.
2721 #define IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM 14
2724 * ieee80211_sta_set_buffered - inform mac80211 about driver-buffered frames
2725 * @sta: &struct ieee80211_sta pointer for the sleeping station
2726 * @tid: the TID that has buffered frames
2727 * @buffered: indicates whether or not frames are buffered for this TID
2729 * If a driver buffers frames for a powersave station instead of passing
2730 * them back to mac80211 for retransmission, the station may still need
2731 * to be told that there are buffered frames via the TIM bit.
2733 * This function informs mac80211 whether or not there are frames that are
2734 * buffered in the driver for a given TID; mac80211 can then use this data
2735 * to set the TIM bit (NOTE: This may call back into the driver's set_tim
2736 * call! Beware of the locking!)
2738 * If all frames are released to the station (due to PS-poll or uAPSD)
2739 * then the driver needs to inform mac80211 that there no longer are
2740 * frames buffered. However, when the station wakes up mac80211 assumes
2741 * that all buffered frames will be transmitted and clears this data,
2742 * drivers need to make sure they inform mac80211 about all buffered
2743 * frames on the sleep transition (sta_notify() with %STA_NOTIFY_SLEEP).
2745 * Note that technically mac80211 only needs to know this per AC, not per
2746 * TID, but since driver buffering will inevitably happen per TID (since
2747 * it is related to aggregation) it is easier to make mac80211 map the
2748 * TID to the AC as required instead of keeping track in all drivers that
2749 * use this API.
2751 void ieee80211_sta_set_buffered(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
2752 u8 tid, bool buffered);
2755 * ieee80211_tx_status - transmit status callback
2757 * Call this function for all transmitted frames after they have been
2758 * transmitted. It is permissible to not call this function for
2759 * multicast frames but this can affect statistics.
2761 * This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function
2762 * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls
2763 * to this function, ieee80211_tx_status_ni() and ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe()
2764 * may not be mixed for a single hardware.
2766 * @hw: the hardware the frame was transmitted by
2767 * @skb: the frame that was transmitted, owned by mac80211 after this call
2769 void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2770 struct sk_buff *skb);
2773 * ieee80211_tx_status_ni - transmit status callback (in process context)
2775 * Like ieee80211_tx_status() but can be called in process context.
2777 * Calls to this function, ieee80211_tx_status() and
2778 * ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe() may not be mixed
2779 * for a single hardware.
2781 * @hw: the hardware the frame was transmitted by
2782 * @skb: the frame that was transmitted, owned by mac80211 after this call
2784 static inline void ieee80211_tx_status_ni(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2785 struct sk_buff *skb)
2787 local_bh_disable();
2788 ieee80211_tx_status(hw, skb);
2789 local_bh_enable();
2793 * ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe - IRQ-safe transmit status callback
2795 * Like ieee80211_tx_status() but can be called in IRQ context
2796 * (internally defers to a tasklet.)
2798 * Calls to this function, ieee80211_tx_status() and
2799 * ieee80211_tx_status_ni() may not be mixed for a single hardware.
2801 * @hw: the hardware the frame was transmitted by
2802 * @skb: the frame that was transmitted, owned by mac80211 after this call
2804 void ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2805 struct sk_buff *skb);
2808 * ieee80211_report_low_ack - report non-responding station
2810 * When operating in AP-mode, call this function to report a non-responding
2811 * connected STA.
2813 * @sta: the non-responding connected sta
2814 * @num_packets: number of packets sent to @sta without a response
2816 void ieee80211_report_low_ack(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u32 num_packets);
2819 * ieee80211_beacon_get_tim - beacon generation function
2820 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2821 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2822 * @tim_offset: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE offset.
2823 * Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
2824 * @tim_length: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE length,
2825 * (including the ID and length bytes!).
2826 * Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
2828 * If the driver implements beaconing modes, it must use this function to
2829 * obtain the beacon frame/template.
2831 * If the beacon frames are generated by the host system (i.e., not in
2832 * hardware/firmware), the driver uses this function to get each beacon
2833 * frame from mac80211 -- it is responsible for calling this function
2834 * before the beacon is needed (e.g. based on hardware interrupt).
2836 * If the beacon frames are generated by the device, then the driver
2837 * must use the returned beacon as the template and change the TIM IE
2838 * according to the current DTIM parameters/TIM bitmap.
2840 * The driver is responsible for freeing the returned skb.
2842 struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2843 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2844 u16 *tim_offset, u16 *tim_length);
2847 * ieee80211_beacon_get - beacon generation function
2848 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2849 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2851 * See ieee80211_beacon_get_tim().
2853 static inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2854 struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
2856 return ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(hw, vif, NULL, NULL);
2860 * ieee80211_proberesp_get - retrieve a Probe Response template
2861 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2862 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2864 * Creates a Probe Response template which can, for example, be uploaded to
2865 * hardware. The destination address should be set by the caller.
2867 * Can only be called in AP mode.
2869 struct sk_buff *ieee80211_proberesp_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2870 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2873 * ieee80211_pspoll_get - retrieve a PS Poll template
2874 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2875 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2877 * Creates a PS Poll a template which can, for example, uploaded to
2878 * hardware. The template must be updated after association so that correct
2879 * AID, BSSID and MAC address is used.
2881 * Note: Caller (or hardware) is responsible for setting the
2882 * &IEEE80211_FCTL_PM bit.
2884 struct sk_buff *ieee80211_pspoll_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2885 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2888 * ieee80211_nullfunc_get - retrieve a nullfunc template
2889 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2890 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2892 * Creates a Nullfunc template which can, for example, uploaded to
2893 * hardware. The template must be updated after association so that correct
2894 * BSSID and address is used.
2896 * Note: Caller (or hardware) is responsible for setting the
2897 * &IEEE80211_FCTL_PM bit as well as Duration and Sequence Control fields.
2899 struct sk_buff *ieee80211_nullfunc_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2900 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
2903 * ieee80211_probereq_get - retrieve a Probe Request template
2904 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2905 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2906 * @ssid: SSID buffer
2907 * @ssid_len: length of SSID
2908 * @ie: buffer containing all IEs except SSID for the template
2909 * @ie_len: length of the IE buffer
2911 * Creates a Probe Request template which can, for example, be uploaded to
2912 * hardware.
2914 struct sk_buff *ieee80211_probereq_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2915 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2916 const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
2917 const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len);
2920 * ieee80211_rts_get - RTS frame generation function
2921 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2922 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2923 * @frame: pointer to the frame that is going to be protected by the RTS.
2924 * @frame_len: the frame length (in octets).
2925 * @frame_txctl: &struct ieee80211_tx_info of the frame.
2926 * @rts: The buffer where to store the RTS frame.
2928 * If the RTS frames are generated by the host system (i.e., not in
2929 * hardware/firmware), the low-level driver uses this function to receive
2930 * the next RTS frame from the 802.11 code. The low-level is responsible
2931 * for calling this function before and RTS frame is needed.
2933 void ieee80211_rts_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2934 const void *frame, size_t frame_len,
2935 const struct ieee80211_tx_info *frame_txctl,
2936 struct ieee80211_rts *rts);
2939 * ieee80211_rts_duration - Get the duration field for an RTS frame
2940 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2941 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2942 * @frame_len: the length of the frame that is going to be protected by the RTS.
2943 * @frame_txctl: &struct ieee80211_tx_info of the frame.
2945 * If the RTS is generated in firmware, but the host system must provide
2946 * the duration field, the low-level driver uses this function to receive
2947 * the duration field value in little-endian byteorder.
2949 __le16 ieee80211_rts_duration(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2950 struct ieee80211_vif *vif, size_t frame_len,
2951 const struct ieee80211_tx_info *frame_txctl);
2954 * ieee80211_ctstoself_get - CTS-to-self frame generation function
2955 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2956 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2957 * @frame: pointer to the frame that is going to be protected by the CTS-to-self.
2958 * @frame_len: the frame length (in octets).
2959 * @frame_txctl: &struct ieee80211_tx_info of the frame.
2960 * @cts: The buffer where to store the CTS-to-self frame.
2962 * If the CTS-to-self frames are generated by the host system (i.e., not in
2963 * hardware/firmware), the low-level driver uses this function to receive
2964 * the next CTS-to-self frame from the 802.11 code. The low-level is responsible
2965 * for calling this function before and CTS-to-self frame is needed.
2967 void ieee80211_ctstoself_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2968 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2969 const void *frame, size_t frame_len,
2970 const struct ieee80211_tx_info *frame_txctl,
2971 struct ieee80211_cts *cts);
2974 * ieee80211_ctstoself_duration - Get the duration field for a CTS-to-self frame
2975 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2976 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2977 * @frame_len: the length of the frame that is going to be protected by the CTS-to-self.
2978 * @frame_txctl: &struct ieee80211_tx_info of the frame.
2980 * If the CTS-to-self is generated in firmware, but the host system must provide
2981 * the duration field, the low-level driver uses this function to receive
2982 * the duration field value in little-endian byteorder.
2984 __le16 ieee80211_ctstoself_duration(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
2985 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
2986 size_t frame_len,
2987 const struct ieee80211_tx_info *frame_txctl);
2990 * ieee80211_generic_frame_duration - Calculate the duration field for a frame
2991 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
2992 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
2993 * @band: the band to calculate the frame duration on
2994 * @frame_len: the length of the frame.
2995 * @rate: the rate at which the frame is going to be transmitted.
2997 * Calculate the duration field of some generic frame, given its
2998 * length and transmission rate (in 100kbps).
3000 __le16 ieee80211_generic_frame_duration(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3001 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
3002 enum ieee80211_band band,
3003 size_t frame_len,
3004 struct ieee80211_rate *rate);
3007 * ieee80211_get_buffered_bc - accessing buffered broadcast and multicast frames
3008 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
3009 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3011 * Function for accessing buffered broadcast and multicast frames. If
3012 * hardware/firmware does not implement buffering of broadcast/multicast
3013 * frames when power saving is used, 802.11 code buffers them in the host
3014 * memory. The low-level driver uses this function to fetch next buffered
3015 * frame. In most cases, this is used when generating beacon frame. This
3016 * function returns a pointer to the next buffered skb or NULL if no more
3017 * buffered frames are available.
3019 * Note: buffered frames are returned only after DTIM beacon frame was
3020 * generated with ieee80211_beacon_get() and the low-level driver must thus
3021 * call ieee80211_beacon_get() first. ieee80211_get_buffered_bc() returns
3022 * NULL if the previous generated beacon was not DTIM, so the low-level driver
3023 * does not need to check for DTIM beacons separately and should be able to
3024 * use common code for all beacons.
3026 struct sk_buff *
3027 ieee80211_get_buffered_bc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3030 * ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv - get a TKIP phase 1 key for IV32
3032 * This function returns the TKIP phase 1 key for the given IV32.
3034 * @keyconf: the parameter passed with the set key
3035 * @iv32: IV32 to get the P1K for
3036 * @p1k: a buffer to which the key will be written, as 5 u16 values
3038 void ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv(struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf,
3039 u32 iv32, u16 *p1k);
3042 * ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k - get a TKIP phase 1 key
3044 * This function returns the TKIP phase 1 key for the IV32 taken
3045 * from the given packet.
3047 * @keyconf: the parameter passed with the set key
3048 * @skb: the packet to take the IV32 value from that will be encrypted
3049 * with this P1K
3050 * @p1k: a buffer to which the key will be written, as 5 u16 values
3052 static inline void ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k(struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf,
3053 struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *p1k)
3055 struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
3056 const u8 *data = (u8 *)hdr + ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
3057 u32 iv32 = get_unaligned_le32(&data[4]);
3059 ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv(keyconf, iv32, p1k);
3063 * ieee80211_get_tkip_rx_p1k - get a TKIP phase 1 key for RX
3065 * This function returns the TKIP phase 1 key for the given IV32
3066 * and transmitter address.
3068 * @keyconf: the parameter passed with the set key
3069 * @ta: TA that will be used with the key
3070 * @iv32: IV32 to get the P1K for
3071 * @p1k: a buffer to which the key will be written, as 5 u16 values
3073 void ieee80211_get_tkip_rx_p1k(struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf,
3074 const u8 *ta, u32 iv32, u16 *p1k);
3077 * ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k - get a TKIP phase 2 key
3079 * This function computes the TKIP RC4 key for the IV values
3080 * in the packet.
3082 * @keyconf: the parameter passed with the set key
3083 * @skb: the packet to take the IV32/IV16 values from that will be
3084 * encrypted with this key
3085 * @p2k: a buffer to which the key will be written, 16 bytes
3087 void ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k(struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf,
3088 struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *p2k);
3091 * struct ieee80211_key_seq - key sequence counter
3093 * @tkip: TKIP data, containing IV32 and IV16 in host byte order
3094 * @ccmp: PN data, most significant byte first (big endian,
3095 * reverse order than in packet)
3096 * @aes_cmac: PN data, most significant byte first (big endian,
3097 * reverse order than in packet)
3099 struct ieee80211_key_seq {
3100 union {
3101 struct {
3102 u32 iv32;
3103 u16 iv16;
3104 } tkip;
3105 struct {
3106 u8 pn[6];
3107 } ccmp;
3108 struct {
3109 u8 pn[6];
3110 } aes_cmac;
3115 * ieee80211_get_key_tx_seq - get key TX sequence counter
3117 * @keyconf: the parameter passed with the set key
3118 * @seq: buffer to receive the sequence data
3120 * This function allows a driver to retrieve the current TX IV/PN
3121 * for the given key. It must not be called if IV generation is
3122 * offloaded to the device.
3124 * Note that this function may only be called when no TX processing
3125 * can be done concurrently, for example when queues are stopped
3126 * and the stop has been synchronized.
3128 void ieee80211_get_key_tx_seq(struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf,
3129 struct ieee80211_key_seq *seq);
3132 * ieee80211_get_key_rx_seq - get key RX sequence counter
3134 * @keyconf: the parameter passed with the set key
3135 * @tid: The TID, or -1 for the management frame value (CCMP only);
3136 * the value on TID 0 is also used for non-QoS frames. For
3137 * CMAC, only TID 0 is valid.
3138 * @seq: buffer to receive the sequence data
3140 * This function allows a driver to retrieve the current RX IV/PNs
3141 * for the given key. It must not be called if IV checking is done
3142 * by the device and not by mac80211.
3144 * Note that this function may only be called when no RX processing
3145 * can be done concurrently.
3147 void ieee80211_get_key_rx_seq(struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf,
3148 int tid, struct ieee80211_key_seq *seq);
3151 * ieee80211_gtk_rekey_notify - notify userspace supplicant of rekeying
3152 * @vif: virtual interface the rekeying was done on
3153 * @bssid: The BSSID of the AP, for checking association
3154 * @replay_ctr: the new replay counter after GTK rekeying
3155 * @gfp: allocation flags
3157 void ieee80211_gtk_rekey_notify(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, const u8 *bssid,
3158 const u8 *replay_ctr, gfp_t gfp);
3161 * ieee80211_wake_queue - wake specific queue
3162 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
3163 * @queue: queue number (counted from zero).
3165 * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_wake_queue.
3167 void ieee80211_wake_queue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int queue);
3170 * ieee80211_stop_queue - stop specific queue
3171 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
3172 * @queue: queue number (counted from zero).
3174 * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_stop_queue.
3176 void ieee80211_stop_queue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int queue);
3179 * ieee80211_queue_stopped - test status of the queue
3180 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
3181 * @queue: queue number (counted from zero).
3183 * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_stop_queue.
3186 int ieee80211_queue_stopped(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int queue);
3189 * ieee80211_stop_queues - stop all queues
3190 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
3192 * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_stop_queue.
3194 void ieee80211_stop_queues(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
3197 * ieee80211_wake_queues - wake all queues
3198 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
3200 * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_wake_queue.
3202 void ieee80211_wake_queues(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
3205 * ieee80211_scan_completed - completed hardware scan
3207 * When hardware scan offload is used (i.e. the hw_scan() callback is
3208 * assigned) this function needs to be called by the driver to notify
3209 * mac80211 that the scan finished. This function can be called from
3210 * any context, including hardirq context.
3212 * @hw: the hardware that finished the scan
3213 * @aborted: set to true if scan was aborted
3215 void ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool aborted);
3218 * ieee80211_sched_scan_results - got results from scheduled scan
3220 * When a scheduled scan is running, this function needs to be called by the
3221 * driver whenever there are new scan results available.
3223 * @hw: the hardware that is performing scheduled scans
3225 void ieee80211_sched_scan_results(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
3228 * ieee80211_sched_scan_stopped - inform that the scheduled scan has stopped
3230 * When a scheduled scan is running, this function can be called by
3231 * the driver if it needs to stop the scan to perform another task.
3232 * Usual scenarios are drivers that cannot continue the scheduled scan
3233 * while associating, for instance.
3235 * @hw: the hardware that is performing scheduled scans
3237 void ieee80211_sched_scan_stopped(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
3240 * ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces - iterate active interfaces
3242 * This function iterates over the interfaces associated with a given
3243 * hardware that are currently active and calls the callback for them.
3244 * This function allows the iterator function to sleep, when the iterator
3245 * function is atomic @ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic can
3246 * be used.
3247 * Does not iterate over a new interface during add_interface()
3249 * @hw: the hardware struct of which the interfaces should be iterated over
3250 * @iterator: the iterator function to call
3251 * @data: first argument of the iterator function
3253 void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3254 void (*iterator)(void *data, u8 *mac,
3255 struct ieee80211_vif *vif),
3256 void *data);
3259 * ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic - iterate active interfaces
3261 * This function iterates over the interfaces associated with a given
3262 * hardware that are currently active and calls the callback for them.
3263 * This function requires the iterator callback function to be atomic,
3264 * if that is not desired, use @ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces instead.
3265 * Does not iterate over a new interface during add_interface()
3267 * @hw: the hardware struct of which the interfaces should be iterated over
3268 * @iterator: the iterator function to call, cannot sleep
3269 * @data: first argument of the iterator function
3271 void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3272 void (*iterator)(void *data,
3273 u8 *mac,
3274 struct ieee80211_vif *vif),
3275 void *data);
3278 * ieee80211_queue_work - add work onto the mac80211 workqueue
3280 * Drivers and mac80211 use this to add work onto the mac80211 workqueue.
3281 * This helper ensures drivers are not queueing work when they should not be.
3283 * @hw: the hardware struct for the interface we are adding work for
3284 * @work: the work we want to add onto the mac80211 workqueue
3286 void ieee80211_queue_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct work_struct *work);
3289 * ieee80211_queue_delayed_work - add work onto the mac80211 workqueue
3291 * Drivers and mac80211 use this to queue delayed work onto the mac80211
3292 * workqueue.
3294 * @hw: the hardware struct for the interface we are adding work for
3295 * @dwork: delayable work to queue onto the mac80211 workqueue
3296 * @delay: number of jiffies to wait before queueing
3298 void ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3299 struct delayed_work *dwork,
3300 unsigned long delay);
3303 * ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session - Start a tx Block Ack session.
3304 * @sta: the station for which to start a BA session
3305 * @tid: the TID to BA on.
3306 * @timeout: session timeout value (in TUs)
3308 * Return: success if addBA request was sent, failure otherwise
3310 * Although mac80211/low level driver/user space application can estimate
3311 * the need to start aggregation on a certain RA/TID, the session level
3312 * will be managed by the mac80211.
3314 int ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u16 tid,
3315 u16 timeout);
3318 * ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe - low level driver ready to aggregate.
3319 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback
3320 * @ra: receiver address of the BA session recipient.
3321 * @tid: the TID to BA on.
3323 * This function must be called by low level driver once it has
3324 * finished with preparations for the BA session. It can be called
3325 * from any context.
3327 void ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, const u8 *ra,
3328 u16 tid);
3331 * ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session - Stop a Block Ack session.
3332 * @sta: the station whose BA session to stop
3333 * @tid: the TID to stop BA.
3335 * Return: negative error if the TID is invalid, or no aggregation active
3337 * Although mac80211/low level driver/user space application can estimate
3338 * the need to stop aggregation on a certain RA/TID, the session level
3339 * will be managed by the mac80211.
3341 int ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u16 tid);
3344 * ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe - low level driver ready to stop aggregate.
3345 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback
3346 * @ra: receiver address of the BA session recipient.
3347 * @tid: the desired TID to BA on.
3349 * This function must be called by low level driver once it has
3350 * finished with preparations for the BA session tear down. It
3351 * can be called from any context.
3353 void ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, const u8 *ra,
3354 u16 tid);
3357 * ieee80211_find_sta - find a station
3359 * @vif: virtual interface to look for station on
3360 * @addr: station's address
3362 * This function must be called under RCU lock and the
3363 * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well.
3365 struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
3366 const u8 *addr);
3369 * ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr - find a station on hardware
3371 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
3372 * @addr: remote station's address
3373 * @localaddr: local address (vif->sdata->vif.addr). Use NULL for 'any'.
3375 * This function must be called under RCU lock and the
3376 * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well.
3378 * NOTE: You may pass NULL for localaddr, but then you will just get
3379 * the first STA that matches the remote address 'addr'.
3380 * We can have multiple STA associated with multiple
3381 * logical stations (e.g. consider a station connecting to another
3382 * BSSID on the same AP hardware without disconnecting first).
3383 * In this case, the result of this method with localaddr NULL
3384 * is not reliable.
3386 * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION with localaddr NULL if at all possible.
3388 struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3389 const u8 *addr,
3390 const u8 *localaddr);
3393 * ieee80211_sta_block_awake - block station from waking up
3394 * @hw: the hardware
3395 * @pubsta: the station
3396 * @block: whether to block or unblock
3398 * Some devices require that all frames that are on the queues
3399 * for a specific station that went to sleep are flushed before
3400 * a poll response or frames after the station woke up can be
3401 * delivered to that it. Note that such frames must be rejected
3402 * by the driver as filtered, with the appropriate status flag.
3404 * This function allows implementing this mode in a race-free
3405 * manner.
3407 * To do this, a driver must keep track of the number of frames
3408 * still enqueued for a specific station. If this number is not
3409 * zero when the station goes to sleep, the driver must call
3410 * this function to force mac80211 to consider the station to
3411 * be asleep regardless of the station's actual state. Once the
3412 * number of outstanding frames reaches zero, the driver must
3413 * call this function again to unblock the station. That will
3414 * cause mac80211 to be able to send ps-poll responses, and if
3415 * the station queried in the meantime then frames will also
3416 * be sent out as a result of this. Additionally, the driver
3417 * will be notified that the station woke up some time after
3418 * it is unblocked, regardless of whether the station actually
3419 * woke up while blocked or not.
3421 void ieee80211_sta_block_awake(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3422 struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, bool block);
3425 * ieee80211_sta_eosp - notify mac80211 about end of SP
3426 * @pubsta: the station
3428 * When a device transmits frames in a way that it can't tell
3429 * mac80211 in the TX status about the EOSP, it must clear the
3430 * %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP bit and call this function instead.
3431 * This applies for PS-Poll as well as uAPSD.
3433 * Note that there is no non-_irqsafe version right now as
3434 * it wasn't needed, but just like _tx_status() and _rx()
3435 * must not be mixed in irqsafe/non-irqsafe versions, this
3436 * function must not be mixed with those either. Use the
3437 * all irqsafe, or all non-irqsafe, don't mix! If you need
3438 * the non-irqsafe version of this, you need to add it.
3440 void ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta);
3443 * ieee80211_iter_keys - iterate keys programmed into the device
3444 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
3445 * @vif: virtual interface to iterate, may be %NULL for all
3446 * @iter: iterator function that will be called for each key
3447 * @iter_data: custom data to pass to the iterator function
3449 * This function can be used to iterate all the keys known to
3450 * mac80211, even those that weren't previously programmed into
3451 * the device. This is intended for use in WoWLAN if the device
3452 * needs reprogramming of the keys during suspend. Note that due
3453 * to locking reasons, it is also only safe to call this at few
3454 * spots since it must hold the RTNL and be able to sleep.
3456 * The order in which the keys are iterated matches the order
3457 * in which they were originally installed and handed to the
3458 * set_key callback.
3460 void ieee80211_iter_keys(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3461 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
3462 void (*iter)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3463 struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
3464 struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
3465 struct ieee80211_key_conf *key,
3466 void *data),
3467 void *iter_data);
3470 * ieee80211_ap_probereq_get - retrieve a Probe Request template
3471 * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
3472 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3474 * Creates a Probe Request template which can, for example, be uploaded to
3475 * hardware. The template is filled with bssid, ssid and supported rate
3476 * information. This function must only be called from within the
3477 * .bss_info_changed callback function and only in managed mode. The function
3478 * is only useful when the interface is associated, otherwise it will return
3479 * NULL.
3481 struct sk_buff *ieee80211_ap_probereq_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
3482 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3485 * ieee80211_beacon_loss - inform hardware does not receive beacons
3487 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3489 * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER and
3490 * %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set, the driver needs to inform whenever the
3491 * hardware is not receiving beacons with this function.
3493 void ieee80211_beacon_loss(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3496 * ieee80211_connection_loss - inform hardware has lost connection to the AP
3498 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3500 * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER, and
3501 * %IEEE80211_CONF_PS and %IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR are set, the driver
3502 * needs to inform if the connection to the AP has been lost.
3504 * This function will cause immediate change to disassociated state,
3505 * without connection recovery attempts.
3507 void ieee80211_connection_loss(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3510 * ieee80211_resume_disconnect - disconnect from AP after resume
3512 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3514 * Instructs mac80211 to disconnect from the AP after resume.
3515 * Drivers can use this after WoWLAN if they know that the
3516 * connection cannot be kept up, for example because keys were
3517 * used while the device was asleep but the replay counters or
3518 * similar cannot be retrieved from the device during resume.
3520 * Note that due to implementation issues, if the driver uses
3521 * the reconfiguration functionality during resume the interface
3522 * will still be added as associated first during resume and then
3523 * disconnect normally later.
3525 * This function can only be called from the resume callback and
3526 * the driver must not be holding any of its own locks while it
3527 * calls this function, or at least not any locks it needs in the
3528 * key configuration paths (if it supports HW crypto).
3530 void ieee80211_resume_disconnect(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3533 * ieee80211_disable_dyn_ps - force mac80211 to temporarily disable dynamic psm
3535 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3537 * Some hardware require full power save to manage simultaneous BT traffic
3538 * on the WLAN frequency. Full PSM is required periodically, whenever there are
3539 * burst of BT traffic. The hardware gets information of BT traffic via
3540 * hardware co-existence lines, and consequentially requests mac80211 to
3541 * (temporarily) enter full psm.
3542 * This function will only temporarily disable dynamic PS, not enable PSM if
3543 * it was not already enabled.
3544 * The driver must make sure to re-enable dynamic PS using
3545 * ieee80211_enable_dyn_ps() if the driver has disabled it.
3548 void ieee80211_disable_dyn_ps(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3551 * ieee80211_enable_dyn_ps - restore dynamic psm after being disabled
3553 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3555 * This function restores dynamic PS after being temporarily disabled via
3556 * ieee80211_disable_dyn_ps(). Each ieee80211_disable_dyn_ps() call must
3557 * be coupled with an eventual call to this function.
3560 void ieee80211_enable_dyn_ps(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3563 * ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify - inform a configured connection quality monitoring
3564 * rssi threshold triggered
3566 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3567 * @rssi_event: the RSSI trigger event type
3568 * @gfp: context flags
3570 * When the %IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI is set, and a connection quality
3571 * monitoring is configured with an rssi threshold, the driver will inform
3572 * whenever the rssi level reaches the threshold.
3574 void ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
3575 enum nl80211_cqm_rssi_threshold_event rssi_event,
3576 gfp_t gfp);
3579 * ieee80211_chswitch_done - Complete channel switch process
3580 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3581 * @success: make the channel switch successful or not
3583 * Complete the channel switch post-process: set the new operational channel
3584 * and wake up the suspended queues.
3586 void ieee80211_chswitch_done(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, bool success);
3589 * ieee80211_request_smps - request SM PS transition
3590 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3591 * @smps_mode: new SM PS mode
3593 * This allows the driver to request an SM PS transition in managed
3594 * mode. This is useful when the driver has more information than
3595 * the stack about possible interference, for example by bluetooth.
3597 void ieee80211_request_smps(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
3598 enum ieee80211_smps_mode smps_mode);
3601 * ieee80211_ready_on_channel - notification of remain-on-channel start
3602 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
3604 void ieee80211_ready_on_channel(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
3607 * ieee80211_remain_on_channel_expired - remain_on_channel duration expired
3608 * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
3610 void ieee80211_remain_on_channel_expired(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
3613 * ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session - callback to stop existing BA sessions
3615 * in order not to harm the system performance and user experience, the device
3616 * may request not to allow any rx ba session and tear down existing rx ba
3617 * sessions based on system constraints such as periodic BT activity that needs
3618 * to limit wlan activity (eg.sco or a2dp)."
3619 * in such cases, the intention is to limit the duration of the rx ppdu and
3620 * therefore prevent the peer device to use a-mpdu aggregation.
3622 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3623 * @ba_rx_bitmap: Bit map of open rx ba per tid
3624 * @addr: & to bssid mac address
3626 void ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 ba_rx_bitmap,
3627 const u8 *addr);
3630 * ieee80211_send_bar - send a BlockAckReq frame
3632 * can be used to flush pending frames from the peer's aggregation reorder
3633 * buffer.
3635 * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
3636 * @ra: the peer's destination address
3637 * @tid: the TID of the aggregation session
3638 * @ssn: the new starting sequence number for the receiver
3640 void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn);
3642 /* Rate control API */
3645 * struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control - rate control information for/from RC algo
3647 * @hw: The hardware the algorithm is invoked for.
3648 * @sband: The band this frame is being transmitted on.
3649 * @bss_conf: the current BSS configuration
3650 * @skb: the skb that will be transmitted, the control information in it needs
3651 * to be filled in
3652 * @reported_rate: The rate control algorithm can fill this in to indicate
3653 * which rate should be reported to userspace as the current rate and
3654 * used for rate calculations in the mesh network.
3655 * @rts: whether RTS will be used for this frame because it is longer than the
3656 * RTS threshold
3657 * @short_preamble: whether mac80211 will request short-preamble transmission
3658 * if the selected rate supports it
3659 * @max_rate_idx: user-requested maximum (legacy) rate
3660 * (deprecated; this will be removed once drivers get updated to use
3661 * rate_idx_mask)
3662 * @rate_idx_mask: user-requested (legacy) rate mask
3663 * @rate_idx_mcs_mask: user-requested MCS rate mask
3664 * @bss: whether this frame is sent out in AP or IBSS mode
3666 struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control {
3667 struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
3668 struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
3669 struct ieee80211_bss_conf *bss_conf;
3670 struct sk_buff *skb;
3671 struct ieee80211_tx_rate reported_rate;
3672 bool rts, short_preamble;
3673 u8 max_rate_idx;
3674 u32 rate_idx_mask;
3675 u8 rate_idx_mcs_mask[IEEE80211_HT_MCS_MASK_LEN];
3676 bool bss;
3679 struct rate_control_ops {
3680 struct module *module;
3681 const char *name;
3682 void *(*alloc)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct dentry *debugfsdir);
3683 void (*free)(void *priv);
3685 void *(*alloc_sta)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, gfp_t gfp);
3686 void (*rate_init)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
3687 struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta);
3688 void (*rate_update)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
3689 struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
3690 u32 changed);
3691 void (*free_sta)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
3692 void *priv_sta);
3694 void (*tx_status)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
3695 struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
3696 struct sk_buff *skb);
3697 void (*get_rate)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
3698 struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc);
3700 void (*add_sta_debugfs)(void *priv, void *priv_sta,
3701 struct dentry *dir);
3702 void (*remove_sta_debugfs)(void *priv, void *priv_sta);
3705 static inline int rate_supported(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
3706 enum ieee80211_band band,
3707 int index)
3709 return (sta == NULL || sta->supp_rates[band] & BIT(index));
3713 * rate_control_send_low - helper for drivers for management/no-ack frames
3715 * Rate control algorithms that agree to use the lowest rate to
3716 * send management frames and NO_ACK data with the respective hw
3717 * retries should use this in the beginning of their mac80211 get_rate
3718 * callback. If true is returned the rate control can simply return.
3719 * If false is returned we guarantee that sta and sta and priv_sta is
3720 * not null.
3722 * Rate control algorithms wishing to do more intelligent selection of
3723 * rate for multicast/broadcast frames may choose to not use this.
3725 * @sta: &struct ieee80211_sta pointer to the target destination. Note
3726 * that this may be null.
3727 * @priv_sta: private rate control structure. This may be null.
3728 * @txrc: rate control information we sholud populate for mac80211.
3730 bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
3731 void *priv_sta,
3732 struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc);
3735 static inline s8
3736 rate_lowest_index(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
3737 struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
3739 int i;
3741 for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++)
3742 if (rate_supported(sta, sband->band, i))
3743 return i;
3745 /* warn when we cannot find a rate. */
3746 WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
3748 /* and return 0 (the lowest index) */
3749 return 0;
3752 static inline
3753 bool rate_usable_index_exists(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
3754 struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
3756 unsigned int i;
3758 for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++)
3759 if (rate_supported(sta, sband->band, i))
3760 return true;
3761 return false;
3764 int ieee80211_rate_control_register(struct rate_control_ops *ops);
3765 void ieee80211_rate_control_unregister(struct rate_control_ops *ops);
3767 static inline bool
3768 conf_is_ht20(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
3770 return conf->channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
3773 static inline bool
3774 conf_is_ht40_minus(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
3776 return conf->channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS;
3779 static inline bool
3780 conf_is_ht40_plus(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
3782 return conf->channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS;
3785 static inline bool
3786 conf_is_ht40(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
3788 return conf_is_ht40_minus(conf) || conf_is_ht40_plus(conf);
3791 static inline bool
3792 conf_is_ht(struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
3794 return conf->channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
3797 static inline enum nl80211_iftype
3798 ieee80211_iftype_p2p(enum nl80211_iftype type, bool p2p)
3800 if (p2p) {
3801 switch (type) {
3802 case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
3803 return NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT;
3804 case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
3805 return NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO;
3806 default:
3807 break;
3810 return type;
3813 static inline enum nl80211_iftype
3814 ieee80211_vif_type_p2p(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
3816 return ieee80211_iftype_p2p(vif->type, vif->p2p);
3819 void ieee80211_enable_rssi_reports(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
3820 int rssi_min_thold,
3821 int rssi_max_thold);
3823 void ieee80211_disable_rssi_reports(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3826 * ieee80211_ave_rssi - report the average rssi for the specified interface
3828 * @vif: the specified virtual interface
3830 * This function return the average rssi value for the requested interface.
3831 * It assumes that the given vif is valid.
3833 int ieee80211_ave_rssi(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
3835 #endif /* MAC80211_H */