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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-03-05 22:18:41 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-03-06 21:16:05 +0100
commit804483e90794256f9ed53e795ffbf1e94de237c8 (patch)
tree22a4d8ade674bb42aaf4d3e878dfd6a73b618dcc /include
parentbrcm80211: smac: cleanup couple of debug output statements (diff)
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cfg80211/mac80211: report signal strength for mgmt frames
Add the signal strength (in dBm only for now) to frames that are received via nl80211's various frame APIs. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h6
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 9f46c62b1eee..c37d67add090 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1203,6 +1203,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* the list. This needs to be used when the driver advertises the
* capability to timeout the stations.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM: signal strength in dBm (as a 32-bit int);
+ * this attribute is (depending on the driver capabilities) added to
+ * received frames indicated with %NL80211_CMD_FRAME.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1450,6 +1454,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
+ NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 804805827736..4682c35a92c4 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -3189,6 +3189,7 @@ void cfg80211_del_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, gfp_t gfp);
* cfg80211_rx_mgmt - notification of received, unprocessed management frame
* @dev: network device
* @freq: Frequency on which the frame was received in MHz
+ * @sig_dbm: signal strength in mBm, or 0 if unknown
* @buf: Management frame (header + body)
* @len: length of the frame data
* @gfp: context flags
@@ -3201,8 +3202,8 @@ void cfg80211_del_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, gfp_t gfp);
* This function is called whenever an Action frame is received for a station
* mode interface, but is not processed in kernel.
*/
-bool cfg80211_rx_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, int freq, const u8 *buf,
- size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
+bool cfg80211_rx_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, int freq, int sig_dbm,
+ const u8 *buf, size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
/**
* cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status - notification of TX status for management frame
@@ -3315,6 +3316,7 @@ void cfg80211_probe_status(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
* @frame: the frame
* @len: length of the frame
* @freq: frequency the frame was received on
+ * @sig_dbm: signal strength in mBm, or 0 if unknown
* @gfp: allocation flags
*
* Use this function to report to userspace when a beacon was
@@ -3323,7 +3325,7 @@ void cfg80211_probe_status(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
*/
void cfg80211_report_obss_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
const u8 *frame, size_t len,
- int freq, gfp_t gfp);
+ int freq, int sig_dbm, gfp_t gfp);
/*
* cfg80211_can_beacon_sec_chan - test if ht40 on extension channel can be used