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2009-01-16mac80211: more kernel-doc fixesRandy Dunlap
Fix (delete) more mac80211 kernel-doc: Warning(linux-2.6.28-git13//include/net/mac80211.h:375): Excess struct/union/enum/typedef member 'retry_count' description in 'ieee80211_tx_info' Warning(linux-2.6.28-git13//net/mac80211/sta_info.h:308): Excess struct/union/enum/typedef member 'last_txrate' description in 'sta_info' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-13mac80211: fix "‘ret’ may be used uninitialized" warningJohn W. Linville
net/mac80211/ht.c: In function ‘ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session’: net/mac80211/ht.c:472: warning: ‘ret’ may be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-12mac80211: initialize RC data for all mesh links upon allocationChristian Lamparter
This patch fixes a panic that might occur, if the device is part of a mesh and tries to send with a higher rate index than "0". kernel BUG at net/mac80211/rate.c:239! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP [...] Call Trace: <IRQ> <0> ? invoke_tx_handlers+0x474/0xb57 [mac80211] ? __ieee80211_tx_prepare+0x260/0x2a8 [mac80211] ? ieee80211_master_start_xmit+0x300/0x43a [mac80211] ? __qdisc_run+0xde/0x1da ? net_tx_action+0xb4/0x102 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-12mac80211: allow mode change if IBSS is not allowedPavel Roskin
Changing mode on an interface is not allowed if IBSS is disabled for the current channel. That restriction should only apply when switching to the ad-hoc mode, as it was prior to "cfg80211: handle SIOCGIWMODE/SIOCSIWMODE". Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-01-12minstrel: fix warning if lowest supported rate index is not 0Christian Lamparter
This patch fixes the following WARNING (caused by rix_to_ndx): " >WARNING: at net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c:69 minstrel_rate_init+0xd2/0x33a [mac80211]() >[...] >Call Trace: > warn_on_slowpath+0x51/0x75 > _format_mac_addr+0x4c/0x88 > minstrel_rate_init+0xd2/0x33a [mac80211] > print_mac+0x16/0x1b > schedule_hrtimeout_range+0xdc/0x107 > ieee80211_add_station+0x158/0x1bd [mac80211] > nl80211_new_station+0x1b3/0x20b [cfg80211] The reason is that I'm experimenting with "g" only mode on a 802.11 b/g card. Therefore rate_lowest_index returns 4 (= 6Mbit, instead of usual 0 = 1Mbit). Since mi->r array is initialized with zeros in minstrel_alloc_sta, rix_to_ndx has a hard time to find the 6Mbit entry and will trigged the WARNING. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: implement dynamic power saveKalle Valo
This patch implements dynamic power save for mac80211. Basically it means enabling power save mode after an idle period. Implementing it dynamically gives a good compromise of low power consumption and low latency. Some hardware have support for this in firmware, but some require the host to do it. The dynamic power save is implemented by adding an timeout to ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(). The timeout can be enabled from userspace with Wireless Extensions. For example, the command below enables the dynamic power save and sets the time timeout to 500 ms: iwconfig wlan0 power timeout 500m Power save now only works with devices which handle power save in firmware. It's also disabled by default and the heuristics when and how to enable is considered as a policy decision and will be left for the userspace to handle. In case the firmware has support for this, drivers can disable this feature with IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS. Big thanks to Johannes Berg for the help with the design and code. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: track master queue statusKalle Valo
This is a preparation for the dynamic power save support. In future there are two paths to stop the master queues and we need to track this properly to avoid starting queues incorrectly. Implement this by adding a status array for each queue. The original idea and design is from Johannes Berg, I just did the implementation based on his notes. All the bugs are mine, of course. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: enable IEEE80211_CONF_PS only when associatedKalle Valo
Also disable power save when disassociated. It makes no sense to have power save enabled while disassociated. iwlwifi seems to have this check in the driver, but it's better to do this in mac80211 instead. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Print unknown packet type in tasklet_handlerLarry Finger
In stress testing p54usb, the WARN_ON() in ieee80211_tasklet_handler() was triggered; however, there is no logging of the received value for packet type. Adding that feature will improve the warning. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: fix a typo in ieee80211_send_assoc() method.Rami Rosen
This patch fixes a typo in ieee80211_send_assoc(), net/mac80211/mlme.c. The error is usage of a wrong member when building the ie80211 management frame (it should be assoc_req, and not reassoc_req). Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Remove radiotap rate-present flag for HTJouni Malinen
Since we do not currently report HT rates (MCS index) in radiotap header for HT rates, we should not claim the rate is present. The rate octet itself is used as padding in this case, so only the it_present flag needs to be removed in case of HT rates. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Send Layer 2 Update frame on reassociationJouni Malinen
When a STA roams back to the same AP before the previous STA entry has expired, a new STA entry is not added in mac80211. However, a Layer 2 Update frame still needs to be transmitted to update layer 2 devices about the new location for the STA. Without this, switches may continue to forward frames to the previous (now incorrect) port when STA roams between APs. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Add HT rates into RX status reportingJouni Malinen
This patch adds option for HT-enabled drivers to report HT rates (HT20/HT40, short GI, MCS index) to mac80211. These rates are currently not in the rate table, so the rate_idx is used to indicate MCS index. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19mac80211: Fix HT channel selectionSujith
HT management is done differently for AP and STA modes, unify to just the ->config() callback since HT is fundamentally a PHY property and cannot be per-BSS. Rename enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset as nl80211_channel_type to denote the channel type ( NO_HT, HT20, HT40+, HT40- ). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-19nl80211: Add signal strength and bandwith to nl80211station infoHenning Rogge
This patch adds signal strength and transmission bitrate to the station_info of nl80211. Signed-off-by: Henning Rogge <rogge@fgan.de> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211: misc cleanupsRami Rosen
This patch removes unneeded member (skbuff) from ieee80211_ibss_add_sta() method in its declaration (in ieee80211_i.h) and its callers (in rx.c and mlme.c) This patch removes unneeded member from struct ieee80211_rx_data in ieee80211_i.h. (Originally posted as two patches. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211: Disable requests for new scans in AP modeJouni Malinen
AP mode operations are seriously affected if mac80211 runs through a multi-second scan while the AP is trying to send Beacon frames on the operation channel. While this could be implemented in a way that does not cause too many problems, it is not very simple and will require synchronization with Beacon frame scheduling in the drivers (scan one channel at a time between Beacon frames). Furthermore, such scanning takes quite a bit longer time and existing userspace applications would be likely to timeout while waiting for the results. For now, just refuse requests for new scans (SIOCSIWSCAN) when in AP mode. In practice, this moves the rejection from iwl* drivers into mac80211 to make it apply to every mac80211-based driver. This issue shows up in associated stations getting disconnected when something (e.g., Network Manager) requests a scan while the interface is in AP mode. When doing this continuously (e.g., NM does it every 120 seconds), the network gets close to useless. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211: integrate sta_notify_ps cmds into sta_notifyChristian Lamparter
This patch replaces the newly introduced sta_notify_ps function, which can be used to notify the driver about every power state transition for all associated stations, by integrating its functionality back into the original sta_notify callback. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211/cfg80211: check endianness in sparse runsJohannes Berg
Make sure sparse checks endianness when run on mac80211/cfg80211. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211: remove fragmentation offload functionalityJohannes Berg
There's no driver that actually does fragmentation on the device, and the callback is buggy (when it returns an error, mac80211's fragmentation status is changed so reading the frag threshold from userspace reads the new value despite the error). Let's just remove it, if we really find some hardware supporting it we can add it back later. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211: only create default STA interface if supportedJohannes Berg
Drivers will support this, obviously, but this forces them to set it up properly. (This includes the fix posted as "mac80211: fix ifmodes check" and tested in wireless-testing by Hin-Tak and others. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Reported-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-12mac80211: remove WARN_ON() from ieee80211_hw_configReinette Chatre
ieee80211_hw_config can return an error when the hardware has rfkill enabled. A WARN_ON() is too harsh for this failure as it is a valid scenario. Only comment this warning as we would like to have it back when rfkill is integrated into mac80211. Also reintroduce propagation of error if ieee80211_hw_config fails in ieee80211_config_beacon. This patch partially reverts patch: 5f0387fc3337ca26f0745f945f550f0c3734960f "mac80211: clean up ieee80211_hw_config errors" Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
2008-12-05mac80211: tx module cleanup.Rami Rosen
This patch removes unnecessary parameter in ieee80211_beacon_add_tim() and removes unneeded definition and assignment for bdev (instance of net_device) in ieee80211_beacon_get() and in ieee80211_get_buffered_bc() (all in tx.c). Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05mac80211: add sta_notify_ps callbackChristian Lamparter
This patch is necessary in order to provide a proper Access point support for p54. Unfortunately for us, there is no documented way to disable the interfering power save buffering mechanism in firmware completely. Therefore we give in and notify the driver through our new sta_notify_ps callback, so that we can update the filter state. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05mac80211: accept empty strings for hidden SSIDsFabio Rossi
Some access points (e.g. Sitecom WL-174) use an empty string as hidden SSID. Signed-off-by: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@inwind.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05cfg80211: handle SIOCGIWMODE/SIOCSIWMODEJohannes Berg
further reducing wext code in mac80211. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05cfg80211: handle SIOCGIWNAMEJohannes Berg
This patch moves the SIOCGIWNAME handling from mac80211 to cfg80211. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05nl80211: Add frequency configuration (including HT40)Jouni Malinen
This patch adds new NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY attributes NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ and NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET to allow userspace to set the operating channel (e.g., hostapd for AP mode). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05mac80211: only transition STAs ps->wake on data framesJohannes Berg
When a station goes to PS mode to scan, it will then send probe requests without the PS bit set. mac80211 will take that as indication that the station woke up, but it didn't. This patch changes mac80211 to only consider doze->wake transitions on data frames to to fix that issue. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05mac80211: disassociate prior to unlinking AP/stationTomas Winkler
This patch reorders calls during disassociation in ieee80211_set_disassoc function. Since sta_info_unlink calls sta_notify(REMOVE) it will remove the station representing AP from the driver before it has disassociated from it using bss_info_changed callback. Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05mac80211: deauth when interface is marked downJohn W. Linville
It seems like proper etiquette to let other stations know when we are going down in either STA or IBSS mode. This also notifies userland, so wpa_supplicant doesn't get confused. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-12-05mac80211: use unaligned safe memcmp() in-place of compare_ether_addr()Shaddy Baddah
After fixing zd1211rw: use unaligned safe memcmp() in-place of compare_ether_addr(), I started to see kernel log messages detailing unaligned access: Kernel unaligned access at TPC[100f7f44] sta_info_get+0x24/0x68 [mac80211] As with the aforementioned patch, the unaligned access was eminating from a compare_ether_addr() call. Concerned that whilst it was safe to assume that unalignment was the norm for the zd1211rw, and take preventative measures, it may not be the case or acceptable to use the easy fix of changing the call to memcmp(). My research however indicated that it was OK to do this, as there are a few instances where memcmp() is the preferred mechanism for doing mac address comparisons throughout the module. Signed-off-by: Shaddy Baddah <shaddy_baddah@hotmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-26Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/hp-plus.c drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c net/wireless/reg.c
2008-11-26mac80211: fix unaligned access in ieee80211_wep_encrypt_dataIvan Kuten
Signed-off-by: Ivan Kuten <ivan.kuten@promwad.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-26mac80211: Look out for some other AP when disassoc is received.Vivek Natarajan
When a disassoc packet is received from the AP with a reason code of 'leaving the BSS', mac80211 should go into DISABLED state just as it would do if the AP suddenly went away for some reason, as that is what will happen shortly after the AP leaves anyway. Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-26mac80211: Fix pid rate-setting algorithm to allow rate changesLarry Finger
In commit 9ea2c74 named "mac80211/drivers: rewrite the rate control API", the meaning of status.rates[i].count was changed from number of retries to total number of tries. As a result, the pid rate-setting algorithm fails because every packet appears to have needed a retransmit. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-26mac80211: make Minstrel the default rate control algorithmLuis R. Rodriguez
This makes minstrel the default rate control algorithm for mac80211. For more information see: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/RateControl/minstrel If someone can come up with a better algorithm they get a prize (undisclosed). Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25mac80211: don't assume driver has been attached on registrationLuis R. Rodriguez
mac80211's ieee80211_register_hw() is often called within the probe path so it cannot assume the device's driver structure has been attached yet so to create a workqueue instead of using driver->name use the wiphy's phy%d name. The name doesn't really matter anyway. This should fix sporadic oopses found when we race to beat the driver pointer setting. Not even sure how this was working properly. http://www.kerneloops.org/search.php?search=ieee80211_register_hw Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25mac80211: Use the HT capabilities from the IE instead of the station's caps.Sujith
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25cfg80211/mac80211: Add 802.11d supportLuis R. Rodriguez
This adds country IE parsing to mac80211 and enables its usage within the new regulatory infrastructure in cfg80211. We parse the country IEs only on management beacons for the BSSID you are associated to and disregard the IEs when the country and environment (indoor, outdoor, any) matches the already processed country IE. To avoid following misinformed or outdated APs we build and use a regulatory domain out of the intersection between what the AP provides us on the country IE and what CRDA is aware is allowed on the same country. A secondary device is allowed to follow only the same country IE as it make no sense for two devices on a system to be in two different countries. In the case the AP is using country IEs for an incorrect country the user may help compliance further by setting the regulatory domain before or after the IE is parsed and in that case another intersection will be performed. CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY is supported but requires CRDA present. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-25mac80211 : Fix setting ad-hoc mode and non-ibss channelAbhijeet Kolekar
Patch fixes the kernel trace when user tries to set ad-hoc mode on non IBSS channel. e.g iwconfig wlan0 chan 36 mode ad-hoc Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21net: remove redundant argument commentsQinghuang Feng
Remove redundant argument comments in files of net/* Signed-off-by: Qinghuang Feng <qhfeng.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-11-21mac80211: remove unnecessary include.Rami Rosen
This patch removes unnecessary #include <linux/netdevice.h> from /net/mac80211/mlme.c. Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21mac80211: rc80211_pid eliminate sparse warningsTomas Winkler
This patch eliminates sparse warnings in pid rate scale algorithm 'debugfs: allow access to signed values' patch hit the dead end year ago w/o much echo so I guess there is no real need to address this properly. Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21mac80211: remove more excess kernel-docRandy Dunlap
Delete kernel-doc struct descriptions for fields that don't exist: Warning(include/net/mac80211.h:1263): Excess struct/union/enum/typedef member 'conf_ht' description in 'ieee80211_ops' Warning(net/mac80211/sta_info.h:309): Excess struct/union/enum/typedef member 'addr' description in 'sta_info' Warning(net/mac80211/sta_info.h:309): Excess struct/union/enum/typedef member 'aid' description in 'sta_info' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> cc: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-21mac80211: disable BSSID filtering for mesh interfacesAndrey Yurovsky
Mesh interfaces are currently opened with the FIF_ALLMULTI rx filter flag set, however there is no BSSID in mesh so BSSID filtering should be disabled by setting the FIF_OTHER_BSS flag as well. Also explicitly call ieee80211_configure_filter for mesh. Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozbit.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-11-20Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c include/net/mac80211.h net/phonet/af_phonet.c
2008-11-18Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c fs/cifs/connect.c
2008-11-18mac80211: remove ieee80211_notify_macJohannes Berg
Before ieee80211_notify_mac() was added, it was presented with the use case of using it to tell mac80211 that the association may have been lost because the firmware crashed/reset. Since then, it has also been used by iwlwifi to (slightly) speed up re-association after resume, a workaround around the fact that mac80211 has no suspend/resume handling yet. It is also not used by any other drivers, so clearly it cannot be necessary for "good enough" suspend/resume. Unfortunately, the callback suffers from a severe problem: It only works for station mode. If suspend/resume happens while in IBSS or any other mode (but station), then the callback is pointless. Recently, it has created a number of locking issues, first because it required rtnl locking rather than RCU due to calling sleeping functions within the critical section, and now because it's called by iwlwifi from the mac80211 workqueue that may not use the rtnl because it is flushed under rtnl. (cf. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12046) I think, therefore, that we should take a step back, remove it entirely for now and add the small feature it provided properly. For suspend and resume we will need to introduce new hooks, and for the case where the firmware was reset the driver will probably simply just pretend it has done a suspend/resume cycle to get mac80211 to reprogram the hardware completely, not just try to connect to the current AP again in station mode. When doing so, we will need to take into account locking issues and possibly defer to schedule_work from within mac80211 for the resume operation, while the suspend operation must be done directly. Proper suspend/resume should also not necessarily try to reconnect to the current AP, the time spent in suspend may have been short enough to not be disconnected from the AP, mac80211 will detect that the AP went out of range quickly if it did, and if the association is lost then the AP will disassoc as soon as a data frame is sent. We might also take into account WWOL then, and have mac80211 program the hardware into such a mode where it is available and requested. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>