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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2012-03-06 01:18:41 +0400 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2012-03-07 00:16:05 +0400 |
| commit | 804483e90794256f9ed53e795ffbf1e94de237c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 22a4d8ade674bb42aaf4d3e878dfd6a73b618dcc /include | |
| parent | 769009b89d8c29c410a99eee3cd63764b1fff869 (diff) | |
| download | linux-804483e90794256f9ed53e795ffbf1e94de237c8.tar.xz | |
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.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 8 |
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 |