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authorSujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qti.qualcomm.com>2012-10-12 17:35:45 +0530
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-10-18 09:01:53 +0200
commitc13a765bd96f4e2f52d218ee6e5c0715380eeeb8 (patch)
treeeb785098f0a3e3eb4217d9943e9dcd26180ad6b8 /net
parentcd2bb512cda58f1efb922ad6dc29013ea5d5d9d0 (diff)
downloadlinux-c13a765bd96f4e2f52d218ee6e5c0715380eeeb8.tar.gz
mac80211: Notify new IBSS network creation
Initialization of beacon transmission in IBSS mode depends
on whether a new BSS is being created or joined. When joining
an existing IBSS network, beaconing has to start only after
a TSF-sync has happened - this is explained in 11.1.4.

Introduce a new parameter in the BSS information structure to
indicate creator/joiner mode.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ibss.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index c6b1448224f2..3d5332e367f8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ static void __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				      const u8 *bssid, const int beacon_int,
 				      struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
 				      const u32 basic_rates,
-				      const u16 capability, u64 tsf)
+				      const u16 capability, u64 tsf,
+				      bool creator)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_if_ibss *ifibss = &sdata->u.ibss;
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	/* if merging, indicate to driver that we leave the old IBSS */
 	if (sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_joined) {
 		sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_joined = false;
+		sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_creator = false;
 		netif_carrier_off(sdata->dev);
 		ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_IBSS);
 	}
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	bss_change |= BSS_CHANGED_HT;
 	bss_change |= BSS_CHANGED_IBSS;
 	sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_joined = true;
+	sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_creator = creator;
 	ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, bss_change);
 
 	ieee80211_sta_def_wmm_params(sdata, sband->n_bitrates, supp_rates);
@@ -249,7 +252,8 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				  cbss->channel,
 				  basic_rates,
 				  cbss->capability,
-				  cbss->tsf);
+				  cbss->tsf,
+				  false);
 }
 
 static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta,
@@ -734,7 +738,7 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_create_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 
 	__ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(sdata, bssid, sdata->vif.bss_conf.beacon_int,
 				  ifibss->channel, ifibss->basic_rates,
-				  capability, 0);
+				  capability, 0, true);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1198,6 +1202,7 @@ int ieee80211_ibss_leave(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 					lockdep_is_held(&sdata->u.ibss.mtx));
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->u.ibss.presp, NULL);
 	sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_joined = false;
+	sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_creator = false;
 	ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED |
 						BSS_CHANGED_IBSS);
 	synchronize_rcu();