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mac80211: Add support for declaring MU-MIMO capability

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Add support for declaring MU-MIMO beamformee capability for
relevant hardware.
When sending association request, the capability is included if both
hardware and the AP support it, and no other virtual interface
is using it.
This is in order to avoid multiple interfaces using MU-MIMO in parallel
which might lead to contradictions in the group-id mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Sara Sharon 2015-07-08 15:41:43 +03:00 committed by Johannes Berg
parent ccc6bb96ff
commit 322cd406da
2 changed files with 38 additions and 1 deletions
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net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
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@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ struct ieee80211_if_mesh {
* back to wireless media and to the local net stack.
* @IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_RESUME: Disconnect after resume.
* @IEEE80211_SDATA_IN_DRIVER: indicates interface was added to driver
* @IEEE80211_SDATA_MU_MIMO_OWNER: indicates interface owns MU-MIMO capability
*/
enum ieee80211_sub_if_data_flags {
IEEE80211_SDATA_ALLMULTI = BIT(0),
@ -728,6 +729,7 @@ enum ieee80211_sub_if_data_flags {
IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS = BIT(3),
IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_RESUME = BIT(4),
IEEE80211_SDATA_IN_DRIVER = BIT(5),
IEEE80211_SDATA_MU_MIMO_OWNER = BIT(6),
};
/**

37
net/mac80211/mlme.c
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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
* Copyright 2006-2007 Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
* Copyright 2007, Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
* Copyright 2013-2014 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
* Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Deutschland GmbH
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@ -538,11 +539,16 @@ static void ieee80211_add_ht_ie(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ieee80211_ie_build_ht_cap(pos, &ht_cap, cap);
}
/* This function determines vht capability flags for the association
* and builds the IE.
* Note - the function may set the owner of the MU-MIMO capability
*/
static void ieee80211_add_vht_ie(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct sk_buff *skb,
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
struct ieee80211_vht_cap *ap_vht_cap)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
u8 *pos;
u32 cap;
struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap vht_cap;
@ -576,7 +582,34 @@ static void ieee80211_add_vht_ie(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
*/
if (!(ap_vht_cap->vht_cap_info &
cpu_to_le32(IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SU_BEAMFORMER_CAPABLE)))
cap &= ~IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SU_BEAMFORMEE_CAPABLE;
cap &= ~(IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SU_BEAMFORMEE_CAPABLE |
IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MU_BEAMFORMEE_CAPABLE);
else if (!(ap_vht_cap->vht_cap_info &
cpu_to_le32(IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MU_BEAMFORMER_CAPABLE)))
cap &= ~IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MU_BEAMFORMEE_CAPABLE;
/*
* If some other vif is using the MU-MIMO capablity we cannot associate
* using MU-MIMO - this will lead to contradictions in the group-id
* mechanism.
* Ownership is defined since association request, in order to avoid
* simultaneous associations with MU-MIMO.
*/
if (cap & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MU_BEAMFORMEE_CAPABLE) {
bool disable_mu_mimo = false;
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *other;
list_for_each_entry_rcu(other, &local->interfaces, list) {
if (other->flags & IEEE80211_SDATA_MU_MIMO_OWNER) {
disable_mu_mimo = true;
break;
}
}
if (disable_mu_mimo)
cap &= ~IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MU_BEAMFORMEE_CAPABLE;
else
sdata->flags |= IEEE80211_SDATA_MU_MIMO_OWNER;
}
mask = IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_BEAMFORMEE_STS_MASK;
@ -2058,6 +2091,7 @@ static void ieee80211_set_disassoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
memset(&ifmgd->ht_capa_mask, 0, sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa_mask));
memset(&ifmgd->vht_capa, 0, sizeof(ifmgd->vht_capa));
memset(&ifmgd->vht_capa_mask, 0, sizeof(ifmgd->vht_capa_mask));
sdata->flags &= ~IEEE80211_SDATA_MU_MIMO_OWNER;
sdata->ap_power_level = IEEE80211_UNSET_POWER_LEVEL;
@ -2520,6 +2554,7 @@ static void ieee80211_destroy_assoc_data(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
eth_zero_addr(sdata->u.mgd.bssid);
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BSSID);
sdata->u.mgd.flags = 0;
sdata->flags &= ~IEEE80211_SDATA_MU_MIMO_OWNER;
mutex_lock(&sdata->local->mtx);
ieee80211_vif_release_channel(sdata);
mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->mtx);