cfg80211/nl80211: scanning (and mac80211 update to use it)
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1 /*
2 * Wireless configuration interface internals.
4 * Copyright 2006, 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
5 */
6 #ifndef __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
7 #define __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
8 #include <linux/mutex.h>
9 #include <linux/list.h>
10 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
11 #include <linux/kref.h>
12 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
13 #include <net/genetlink.h>
14 #include <net/wireless.h>
15 #include <net/cfg80211.h>
16 #include "reg.h"
18 struct cfg80211_registered_device {
19 struct cfg80211_ops *ops;
20 struct list_head list;
21 /* we hold this mutex during any call so that
22 * we cannot do multiple calls at once, and also
23 * to avoid the deregister call to proceed while
24 * any call is in progress */
25 struct mutex mtx;
27 /* ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 for which this device is receiving
28 * country IEs on, this can help disregard country IEs from APs
29 * on the same alpha2 quickly. The alpha2 may differ from
30 * cfg80211_regdomain's alpha2 when an intersection has occurred.
31 * If the AP is reconfigured this can also be used to tell us if
32 * the country on the country IE changed. */
33 char country_ie_alpha2[2];
35 /* If a Country IE has been received this tells us the environment
36 * which its telling us its in. This defaults to ENVIRON_ANY */
37 enum environment_cap env;
39 /* wiphy index, internal only */
40 int idx;
42 /* associate netdev list */
43 struct mutex devlist_mtx;
44 struct list_head netdev_list;
46 /* BSSes/scanning */
47 spinlock_t bss_lock;
48 struct list_head bss_list;
49 struct rb_root bss_tree;
50 u32 bss_generation;
51 struct cfg80211_scan_request *scan_req; /* protected by RTNL */
53 /* must be last because of the way we do wiphy_priv(),
54 * and it should at least be aligned to NETDEV_ALIGN */
55 struct wiphy wiphy __attribute__((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN)));
58 static inline
59 struct cfg80211_registered_device *wiphy_to_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy)
61 BUG_ON(!wiphy);
62 return container_of(wiphy, struct cfg80211_registered_device, wiphy);
65 extern struct mutex cfg80211_drv_mutex;
66 extern struct list_head cfg80211_drv_list;
68 struct cfg80211_internal_bss {
69 struct list_head list;
70 struct rb_node rbn;
71 unsigned long ts;
72 struct kref ref;
73 /* must be last because of priv member */
74 struct cfg80211_bss pub;
78 * This function returns a pointer to the driver
79 * that the genl_info item that is passed refers to.
80 * If successful, it returns non-NULL and also locks
81 * the driver's mutex!
83 * This means that you need to call cfg80211_put_dev()
84 * before being allowed to acquire &cfg80211_drv_mutex!
86 * This is necessary because we need to lock the global
87 * mutex to get an item off the list safely, and then
88 * we lock the drv mutex so it doesn't go away under us.
90 * We don't want to keep cfg80211_drv_mutex locked
91 * for all the time in order to allow requests on
92 * other interfaces to go through at the same time.
94 * The result of this can be a PTR_ERR and hence must
95 * be checked with IS_ERR() for errors.
97 extern struct cfg80211_registered_device *
98 cfg80211_get_dev_from_info(struct genl_info *info);
100 /* identical to cfg80211_get_dev_from_info but only operate on ifindex */
101 extern struct cfg80211_registered_device *
102 cfg80211_get_dev_from_ifindex(int ifindex);
104 extern void cfg80211_put_dev(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv);
106 /* free object */
107 extern void cfg80211_dev_free(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv);
109 extern int cfg80211_dev_rename(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv,
110 char *newname);
112 void ieee80211_set_bitrate_flags(struct wiphy *wiphy);
113 void wiphy_update_regulatory(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by setby);
115 void cfg80211_bss_expire(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev);
117 #endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H */