mac80211: notify driver about IBSS status
Some drivers (e.g. iwlwifi) need to know and try
to figure it out based on other things, but making
it explicit is definitely better.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index a36e0df..2879c8e 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
* @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED: Beaconing should be
* enabled/disabled (beaconing modes)
* @BSS_CHANGED_CQM: Connection quality monitor config changed
+ * @BSS_CHANGED_IBSS: IBSS join status changed
*/
enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC = 1<<0,
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON = 1<<8,
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED = 1<<9,
BSS_CHANGED_CQM = 1<<10,
+ BSS_CHANGED_IBSS = 1<<11,
};
/**
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@
* to that BSS) that can change during the lifetime of the BSS.
*
* @assoc: association status
+ * @ibss_joined: indicates whether this station is part of an IBSS
+ * or not
* @aid: association ID number, valid only when @assoc is true
* @use_cts_prot: use CTS protection
* @use_short_preamble: use 802.11b short preamble;
@@ -194,7 +198,7 @@
struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
const u8 *bssid;
/* association related data */
- bool assoc;
+ bool assoc, ibss_joined;
u16 aid;
/* erp related data */
bool use_cts_prot;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index 01974c2..a87e309 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
bss_change |= BSS_CHANGED_BSSID;
bss_change |= BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
bss_change |= BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED;
+ bss_change |= BSS_CHANGED_IBSS;
+ sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_joined = true;
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, bss_change);
ieee80211_sta_def_wmm_params(sdata, sband->n_bitrates, supp_rates);
@@ -950,7 +952,9 @@
kfree(sdata->u.ibss.ie);
skb = sdata->u.ibss.presp;
rcu_assign_pointer(sdata->u.ibss.presp, NULL);
- ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED);
+ sdata->vif.bss_conf.ibss_joined = false;
+ ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED |
+ BSS_CHANGED_IBSS);
synchronize_rcu();
kfree_skb(skb);
