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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2010-09-29 17:15:30 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-10-05 13:35:22 -0400
commit17e5a8082894a4b66cb69e7ec16074f0f01281e1 (patch)
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parent0bda652300dff8136c9d889f1133462c7c7d332c (diff)
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nl80211: allow drivers to indicate whether the survey data channel is in use
Some user space applications only want to display survey data for the operating channel, however there is no API to get that yet. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h2
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h2
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c2
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index f0518b0..edd21ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1400,6 +1400,7 @@ enum nl80211_reg_rule_flags {
* @__NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_INVALID: attribute number 0 is reserved
* @NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_FREQUENCY: center frequency of channel
* @NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_NOISE: noise level of channel (u8, dBm)
+ * @NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE: channel is currently being used
* @NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_MAX: highest survey info attribute number
* currently defined
* @__NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -1408,6 +1409,7 @@ enum nl80211_survey_info {
__NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_INVALID,
NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_FREQUENCY,
NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_NOISE,
+ NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index a0613ff..ecc0403 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -293,12 +293,14 @@ struct key_params {
* enum survey_info_flags - survey information flags
*
* @SURVEY_INFO_NOISE_DBM: noise (in dBm) was filled in
+ * @SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE: channel is currently being used
*
* Used by the driver to indicate which info in &struct survey_info
* it has filled in during the get_survey().
*/
enum survey_info_flags {
SURVEY_INFO_NOISE_DBM = 1<<0,
+ SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE = 1<<1,
};
/**
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 9c84825..0087c43 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3489,6 +3489,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_survey(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq,
if (survey->filled & SURVEY_INFO_NOISE_DBM)
NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_NOISE,
survey->noise);
+ if (survey->filled & SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE);
nla_nest_end(msg, infoattr);