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cfg80211: add support for per-chain signal strength reporting

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Felix Fietkau 12 years ago
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3 changed files with 58 additions and 0 deletions
  1. 14 0
      include/net/cfg80211.h
  2. 6 0
      include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
  3. 38 0
      net/wireless/nl80211.c

+ 14 - 0
include/net/cfg80211.h

@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ int cfg80211_check_station_change(struct wiphy *wiphy,
  * @STATION_INFO_LOCAL_PM: @local_pm filled
  * @STATION_INFO_PEER_PM: @peer_pm filled
  * @STATION_INFO_NONPEER_PM: @nonpeer_pm filled
+ * @STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL: @chain_signal filled
+ * @STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL_AVG: @chain_signal_avg filled
  */
 enum station_info_flags {
 	STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME	= 1<<0,
@@ -781,6 +783,8 @@ enum station_info_flags {
 	STATION_INFO_NONPEER_PM		= 1<<23,
 	STATION_INFO_RX_BYTES64		= 1<<24,
 	STATION_INFO_TX_BYTES64		= 1<<25,
+	STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL	= 1<<26,
+	STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL_AVG	= 1<<27,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -857,6 +861,8 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
 	u16 beacon_interval;
 };
 
+#define IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS	4
+
 /**
  * struct station_info - station information
  *
@@ -874,6 +880,9 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
  *	For CFG80211_SIGNAL_TYPE_MBM, value is expressed in _dBm_.
  * @signal_avg: Average signal strength, type depends on the wiphy's signal_type.
  *	For CFG80211_SIGNAL_TYPE_MBM, value is expressed in _dBm_.
+ * @chains: bitmask for filled values in @chain_signal, @chain_signal_avg
+ * @chain_signal: per-chain signal strength of last received packet in dBm
+ * @chain_signal_avg: per-chain signal strength average in dBm
  * @txrate: current unicast bitrate from this station
  * @rxrate: current unicast bitrate to this station
  * @rx_packets: packets received from this station
@@ -909,6 +918,11 @@ struct station_info {
 	u8 plink_state;
 	s8 signal;
 	s8 signal_avg;
+
+	u8 chains;
+	s8 chain_signal[IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS];
+	s8 chain_signal_avg[IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS];
+
 	struct rate_info txrate;
 	struct rate_info rxrate;
 	u32 rx_packets;

+ 6 - 0
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h

@@ -1991,6 +1991,10 @@ enum nl80211_sta_bss_param {
  * @NL80211_STA_INFO_PEER_PM: peer mesh STA link-specific power mode
  * @NL80211_STA_INFO_NONPEER_PM: neighbor mesh STA power save mode towards
  *	non-peer STA
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL: per-chain signal strength of last PPDU
+ *	Contains a nested array of signal strength attributes (u8, dBm)
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL_AVG: per-chain signal strength average
+ *	Same format as NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL.
  * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal
  * @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute
  */
@@ -2020,6 +2024,8 @@ enum nl80211_sta_info {
 	NL80211_STA_INFO_NONPEER_PM,
 	NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES64,
 	NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES64,
+	NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL,
+	NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL_AVG,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST,

+ 38 - 0
net/wireless/nl80211.c

@@ -3376,6 +3376,32 @@ static bool nl80211_put_sta_rate(struct sk_buff *msg, struct rate_info *info,
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool nl80211_put_signal(struct sk_buff *msg, u8 mask, s8 *signal,
+			       int id)
+{
+	void *attr;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	if (!mask)
+		return true;
+
+	attr = nla_nest_start(msg, id);
+	if (!attr)
+		return false;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS; i++) {
+		if (!(mask & BIT(i)))
+			continue;
+
+		if (nla_put_u8(msg, i, signal[i]))
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	nla_nest_end(msg, attr);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 				int flags,
 				struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
@@ -3447,6 +3473,18 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
+	if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL) {
+		if (!nl80211_put_signal(msg, sinfo->chains,
+					sinfo->chain_signal,
+					NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
+	if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL_AVG) {
+		if (!nl80211_put_signal(msg, sinfo->chains,
+					sinfo->chain_signal_avg,
+					NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL_AVG))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
 	if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE) {
 		if (!nl80211_put_sta_rate(msg, &sinfo->txrate,
 					  NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE))