mac80211: VHT (11ac) association

Insert VHT IEs into association frames to allow
mac80211 to connect as a VHT client.

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Palivela <maheshp@posedge.com>
[clarify commit message]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index bb61f77..3e2f03b 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ enum ieee80211_sta_flags {
        IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED    = BIT(8),
        IEEE80211_STA_RESET_SIGNAL_AVE  = BIT(9),
        IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_40MHZ     = BIT(10),
+       IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT       = BIT(11),
 };
 
 struct ieee80211_mgd_auth_data {

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index cef0c9e..725258c 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -326,6 +326,26 @@ static void ieee80211_add_ht_ie(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        ieee80211_ie_build_ht_cap(pos, &ht_cap, cap);
 }
 
+static void ieee80211_add_vht_ie(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+                                struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband)
+{
+       u8 *pos;
+       u32 cap;
+       struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap vht_cap;
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(vht_cap) != sizeof(sband->vht_cap));
+
+       memcpy(&vht_cap, &sband->vht_cap, sizeof(vht_cap));
+
+       /* determine capability flags */
+       cap = vht_cap.cap;
+
+       /* reserve and fill IE */
+       pos = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ieee80211_vht_capabilities) + 2);
+       ieee80211_ie_build_vht_cap(pos, &vht_cap, cap);
+}
+
 static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
        struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
@@ -371,6 +391,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
                        4 + /* power capability */
                        2 + 2 * sband->n_channels + /* supported channels */
                        2 + sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap) + /* HT */
+                       2 + sizeof(struct ieee80211_vht_capabilities) + /* VHT */
                        assoc_data->ie_len + /* extra IEs */
                        9, /* WMM */
                        GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -503,6 +524,9 @@ static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
                ieee80211_add_ht_ie(sdata, skb, assoc_data->ap_ht_param,
                                    sband, local->oper_channel, ifmgd->ap_smps);
 
+       if (!(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT))
+               ieee80211_add_vht_ie(sdata, skb, sband);
+
        /* if present, add any custom non-vendor IEs that go after HT */
        if (assoc_data->ie_len && assoc_data->ie) {
                noffset = ieee80211_ie_split_vendor(assoc_data->ie,
@@ -3301,6 +3325,7 @@ int ieee80211_mgd_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 
        ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N;
        ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED;
+       ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;
 
        ifmgd->beacon_crc_valid = false;
 
@@ -3316,13 +3341,16 @@ int ieee80211_mgd_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                    req->crypto.ciphers_pairwise[i] == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_TKIP ||
                    req->crypto.ciphers_pairwise[i] == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP104) {
                        ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N;
+                       ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;
                        netdev_info(sdata->dev,
-                                   "disabling HT due to WEP/TKIP use\n");
+                                   "disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use\n");
                }
        }
 
-       if (req->flags & ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HT)
+       if (req->flags & ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HT) {
                ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N;
+               ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;
+       }
 
        /* Also disable HT if we don't support it or the AP doesn't use WMM */
        sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[req->bss->channel->band];
@@ -3333,6 +3361,14 @@ int ieee80211_mgd_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                            "disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported\n");
        }
 
+       /* disable VHT if we don't support it or the AP doesn't use WMM */
+       if (!sband->vht_cap.vht_supported ||
+           local->hw.queues < IEEE80211_NUM_ACS || !bss->wmm_used) {
+               ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;
+               netdev_info(sdata->dev,
+                           "disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported\n");
+       }
+
        memcpy(&ifmgd->ht_capa, &req->ht_capa, sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa));
        memcpy(&ifmgd->ht_capa_mask, &req->ht_capa_mask,
               sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa_mask));