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| author | Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> | 2011-04-08 00:08:34 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-04-12 22:57:39 +0200 |
| commit | c93b5e717ec47b57abfe0229360bc11e77520984 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e6f703c3c1b1c2e55b759b4e992ef04e81f973e /net/wireless/mesh.c | |
| parent | nl80211/mac80211: Perform PLINK_ACTION on new station (diff) | |
| download | linux-c93b5e717ec47b57abfe0229360bc11e77520984.tar.xz linux-c93b5e717ec47b57abfe0229360bc11e77520984.zip | |
nl80211: New notification to discover mesh peer candidates.
Notify userspace when a beacon/presp is received from a suitable mesh
peer candidate for whom no sta information exists. Userspace can then
decide to create a sta info for the candidate. If userspace is not
ready to authenticate the peer right away, it can create the sta info
with the authenticated flag unset and set it later.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/mesh.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/mesh.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/mesh.c b/net/wireless/mesh.c index e0226e8265a3..5c116083eeca 100644 --- a/net/wireless/mesh.c +++ b/net/wireless/mesh.c @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ #include <linux/ieee80211.h> #include <net/cfg80211.h> +#include "nl80211.h" #include "core.h" /* Default values, timeouts in ms */ @@ -110,6 +111,19 @@ int cfg80211_join_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, return err; } +void cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate(struct net_device *dev, + const u8 *macaddr, const u8* ie, u8 ie_len, gfp_t gfp) +{ + struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr; + + if (WARN_ON(wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)) + return; + + nl80211_send_new_peer_candidate(wiphy_to_dev(wdev->wiphy), dev, + macaddr, ie, ie_len, gfp); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate); + static int __cfg80211_leave_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, struct net_device *dev) { |