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[PATCHv4,4/4] nl80211: allow sending CMD_FRAME without specifying any frequency

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Antonio Quartulli June 5, 2013, 3:09 p.m. UTC
From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>

Users may want to send a frame on the current channel
without specifying it.

This is particularly useful for the correct implementation
of the IBSS/RSN support in wpa_supplicant which requires to
receive and send AUTH frames.

Make mgmt_tx pass a NULL channel to the driver if none has
been specified by the user.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>
---

v3:
- moved from 1/4 to 4/4


 net/wireless/nl80211.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Johannes Berg June 11, 2013, 11:53 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 2013-06-05 at 17:09 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>
> 
> Users may want to send a frame on the current channel
> without specifying it.
> 
> This is particularly useful for the correct implementation
> of the IBSS/RSN support in wpa_supplicant which requires to
> receive and send AUTH frames.
> 
> Make mgmt_tx pass a NULL channel to the driver if none has
> been specified by the user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>
> ---
> 
> v3:
> - moved from 1/4 to 4/4
> 
> 
>  net/wireless/nl80211.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> index 88e820b..06af395 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> @@ -7139,6 +7139,9 @@ static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  
>  	switch (wdev->iftype) {
> +	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE:
> +		if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ])
> +			return -EINVAL;
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT:
> @@ -7146,7 +7149,6 @@ static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO:
> -	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE:
>  		break;
>  	default:
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> @@ -7174,9 +7176,15 @@ static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>  
>  	no_cck = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE]);
>  
> -	err = nl80211_parse_chandef(rdev, info, &chandef);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> +	/* get the channel if any has been specified, otherwise pass NULL to
> +	 * the driver. The latter will use the current one
> +	 */
> +	chandef.chan = NULL;
> +	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]) {
> +		err = nl80211_parse_chandef(rdev, info, &chandef);
> +		if (err)
> +			return err;
> +	}

I think not specifying a channel but setting
NL80211_ATTR_OFFCHANNEL_TX_OK must be an error.

johannes

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Antonio Quartulli June 11, 2013, 11:55 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 01:53:18PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > +	/* get the channel if any has been specified, otherwise pass NULL to
> > +	 * the driver. The latter will use the current one
> > +	 */
> > +	chandef.chan = NULL;
> > +	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]) {
> > +		err = nl80211_parse_chandef(rdev, info, &chandef);
> > +		if (err)
> > +			return err;
> > +	}
> 
> I think not specifying a channel but setting
> NL80211_ATTR_OFFCHANNEL_TX_OK must be an error.

You are right. Indeed this check is done in mac80211. Other drivers do not use
NL80211_ATTR_OFFCHANNEL_TX_OK at all. But for consistency I guess it would be
correct to do the check here too.

I'll send a new version including this change.

Cheers,
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diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 88e820b..06af395 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -7139,6 +7139,9 @@  static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	switch (wdev->iftype) {
+	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE:
+		if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ])
+			return -EINVAL;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT:
@@ -7146,7 +7149,6 @@  static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO:
-	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE:
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -7174,9 +7176,15 @@  static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	no_cck = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE]);
 
-	err = nl80211_parse_chandef(rdev, info, &chandef);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	/* get the channel if any has been specified, otherwise pass NULL to
+	 * the driver. The latter will use the current one
+	 */
+	chandef.chan = NULL;
+	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]) {
+		err = nl80211_parse_chandef(rdev, info, &chandef);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	if (!dont_wait_for_ack) {
 		msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);