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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-07-01 21:26:51 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-07-10 21:01:50 +0200
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parentwext: constify extra argument to wireless_send_event (diff)
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cfg80211: introduce nl80211 testmode command
This introduces a new NL80211_CMD_TESTMODE for testing and calibration use with nl80211. There's no multiplexing like like iwpriv had, and the command is not available by default, it needs to be explicitly enabled in Kconfig and shouldn't be enabled in most kernels. The command requires a wiphy index or interface index to identify the device to operate on, and the new TESTDATA attribute. There also is API for sending replies to the command, and testmode multicast messages (on a testmode multicast group). I've also updated mac80211 to be able to pass through the command to the driver, since it itself doesn't implement the testmode command. Additionally, to give people an idea of how to use the command, I've added a little code to hwsim that makes use of the new command to set the powersave mode, this is currently done via debugfs and should remain there, and the testmode command only serves as an example of how to use this best -- with nested netlink attributes in the TESTDATA attribute. A hwsim testmode tool can be found at http://git.sipsolutions.net/hwsim.git/. This tool is BSD licensed so people can easily use it as a basis for their own internal fabrication and validation tools. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/cfg80211.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h83
1 files changed, 83 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 10eb53e2bc9f..885d4e5bc4b5 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -857,6 +857,8 @@ enum tx_power_setting {
*
* @rfkill_poll: polls the hw rfkill line, use cfg80211 reporting
* functions to adjust rfkill hw state
+ *
+ * @testmode_cmd: run a test mode command
*/
struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*suspend)(struct wiphy *wiphy);
@@ -955,6 +957,10 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*get_tx_power)(struct wiphy *wiphy, int *dbm);
void (*rfkill_poll)(struct wiphy *wiphy);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE
+ int (*testmode_cmd)(struct wiphy *wiphy, void *data, int len);
+#endif
};
/*
@@ -1705,4 +1711,81 @@ void wiphy_rfkill_start_polling(struct wiphy *wiphy);
*/
void wiphy_rfkill_stop_polling(struct wiphy *wiphy);
+#ifdef CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE
+/**
+ * cfg80211_testmode_alloc_reply_skb - allocate testmode reply
+ * @wiphy: the wiphy
+ * @approxlen: an upper bound of the length of the data that will
+ * be put into the skb
+ *
+ * This function allocates and pre-fills an skb for a reply to
+ * the testmode command. Since it is intended for a reply, calling
+ * it outside of the @testmode_cmd operation is invalid.
+ *
+ * The returned skb (or %NULL if any errors happen) is pre-filled
+ * with the wiphy index and set up in a way that any data that is
+ * put into the skb (with skb_put(), nla_put() or similar) will end
+ * up being within the %NL80211_ATTR_TESTDATA attribute, so all that
+ * needs to be done with the skb is adding data for the corresponding
+ * userspace tool which can then read that data out of the testdata
+ * attribute. You must not modify the skb in any other way.
+ *
+ * When done, call cfg80211_testmode_reply() with the skb and return
+ * its error code as the result of the @testmode_cmd operation.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *cfg80211_testmode_alloc_reply_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ int approxlen);
+
+/**
+ * cfg80211_testmode_reply - send the reply skb
+ * @skb: The skb, must have been allocated with
+ * cfg80211_testmode_alloc_reply_skb()
+ *
+ * Returns an error code or 0 on success, since calling this
+ * function will usually be the last thing before returning
+ * from the @testmode_cmd you should return the error code.
+ * Note that this function consumes the skb regardless of the
+ * return value.
+ */
+int cfg80211_testmode_reply(struct sk_buff *skb);
+
+/**
+ * cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb - allocate testmode event
+ * @wiphy: the wiphy
+ * @approxlen: an upper bound of the length of the data that will
+ * be put into the skb
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ *
+ * This function allocates and pre-fills an skb for an event on the
+ * testmode multicast group.
+ *
+ * The returned skb (or %NULL if any errors happen) is set up in the
+ * same way as with cfg80211_testmode_alloc_reply_skb() but prepared
+ * for an event. As there, you should simply add data to it that will
+ * then end up in the %NL80211_ATTR_TESTDATA attribute. Again, you must
+ * not modify the skb in any other way.
+ *
+ * When done filling the skb, call cfg80211_testmode_event() with the
+ * skb to send the event.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ int approxlen, gfp_t gfp);
+
+/**
+ * cfg80211_testmode_event - send the event
+ * @skb: The skb, must have been allocated with
+ * cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb()
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ *
+ * This function sends the given @skb, which must have been allocated
+ * by cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb(), as an event. It always
+ * consumes it.
+ */
+void cfg80211_testmode_event(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp);
+
+#define CFG80211_TESTMODE_CMD(cmd) .testmode_cmd = (cmd),
+#else
+#define CFG80211_TESTMODE_CMD(cmd)
+#endif
+
#endif /* __NET_CFG80211_H */