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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2013-12-14 13:54:53 +0100
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-12-16 12:14:07 +0100
commit70dabeb74ee3bff71b65f47546dafb83edbb06b9 (patch)
tree8069d86b7683faa28a583597d446df0f6f560bc8
parentmac80211: free all AP/VLAN keys at once (diff)
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mac80211: let the driver reserve extra tailroom in beacons
Can be used to add extra IEs (such as P2P NoA) without having to reallocate the buffer. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h4
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c9
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 22b6dd96dbc6..531785f5819e 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1613,6 +1613,9 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
* @extra_tx_headroom: headroom to reserve in each transmit skb
* for use by the driver (e.g. for transmit headers.)
*
+ * @extra_beacon_tailroom: tailroom to reserve in each beacon tx skb.
+ * Can be used by drivers to add extra IEs.
+ *
* @channel_change_time: time (in microseconds) it takes to change channels.
*
* @max_signal: Maximum value for signal (rssi) in RX information, used
@@ -1695,6 +1698,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw {
void *priv;
u32 flags;
unsigned int extra_tx_headroom;
+ unsigned int extra_beacon_tailroom;
int channel_change_time;
int vif_data_size;
int sta_data_size;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 6d59e21cdb9f..002ded2c01f6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2549,7 +2549,8 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
*/
skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->tx_headroom +
beacon->head_len +
- beacon->tail_len + 256);
+ beacon->tail_len + 256 +
+ local->hw.extra_beacon_tailroom);
if (!skb)
goto out;
@@ -2581,7 +2582,8 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
ieee80211_update_csa(sdata, presp);
- skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->tx_headroom + presp->head_len);
+ skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->tx_headroom + presp->head_len +
+ local->hw.extra_beacon_tailroom);
if (!skb)
goto out;
skb_reserve(skb, local->tx_headroom);
@@ -2608,7 +2610,8 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->tx_headroom +
bcn->head_len +
256 + /* TIM IE */
- bcn->tail_len);
+ bcn->tail_len +
+ local->hw.extra_beacon_tailroom);
if (!skb)
goto out;
skb_reserve(skb, local->tx_headroom);