mac80211: set HT channel before association
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:58:36 +0000 (10:58 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:54:07 +0000 (14:54 -0400)
Changing the channel type during operation is
confusing to some drivers and will be hard to
handle in multi-channel scenarios. Instead of
changing the channel, set it to the right HT
channel before authenticating/associating and
don't change it -- just update the 20/40 MHz
restrictions in rate control as needed when
changed by the AP.

This also fixes a problem that Paul missed in
his fix for the "regulatory makes us deaf"
issue -- when we couldn't use 40 MHz we still
associated saying we were using 40 MHz, which
could in similarly broken APs make us never
even connect successfully.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Documentation/networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt
net/mac80211/ht.c
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
net/mac80211/mlme.c

index e0a2aa585ca3b505ce14f034b2badd8e263c228c..d7a15fe91bf734f246b22c6595208e50acce6efd 100644 (file)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ BA session stop & deauth/disassoc frames
 end note
 end
 
-mac80211->driver: config(channel, non-HT)
+mac80211->driver: config(channel, channel type)
 mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(set BSSID, basic rate bitmap)
 mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP, exists)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ note over mac80211,driver: cleanup like for authenticate
 end
 
 alt not previously authenticated (FT)
-mac80211->driver: config(channel, non-HT)
+mac80211->driver: config(channel, channel type)
 mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(set BSSID, basic rate bitmap)
 mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP, exists)
 mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP, authenticated)
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ end
 
 mac80211->driver: set up QoS parameters
 
-alt is HT channel
-mac80211->driver: config(channel, HT params)
-end
-
 mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(QoS, HT, associated with AID)
 mac80211->userspace: associated
 
@@ -95,5 +91,5 @@ mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP,exists)
 mac80211->driver: sta_state(AP,not-exists)
 mac80211->driver: turn off powersave
 mac80211->driver: bss_info_changed(clear BSSID, not associated, no QoS, ...)
-mac80211->driver: config(non-HT channel type)
+mac80211->driver: config(channel type to non-HT)
 mac80211->userspace: disconnected
index f25fff7607d87049c2b9ec02b1cc4370d0124f3f..9b603366943caacd561be38b8128ea35759e00d7 100644 (file)
 #include "ieee80211_i.h"
 #include "rate.h"
 
-bool ieee80111_cfg_override_disables_ht40(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
-{
-       const __le16 flg = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40);
-       if ((sdata->u.mgd.ht_capa_mask.cap_info & flg) &&
-           !(sdata->u.mgd.ht_capa.cap_info & flg))
-               return true;
-       return false;
-}
-
 static void __check_htcap_disable(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                                  struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap *ht_cap,
                                  u16 flag)
index 54f5b5b299d586c7248061592d125c1ed16c3a58..a67ba7c85a1ed49864038105a087e90078e5c6fa 100644 (file)
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ enum ieee80211_sta_flags {
        IEEE80211_STA_UAPSD_ENABLED     = BIT(7),
        IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED    = BIT(8),
        IEEE80211_STA_RESET_SIGNAL_AVE  = BIT(9),
+       IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_40MHZ     = BIT(10),
 };
 
 struct ieee80211_mgd_auth_data {
@@ -511,6 +512,8 @@ struct ieee80211_if_managed {
        int rssi_min_thold, rssi_max_thold;
        int last_ave_beacon_signal;
 
+       enum nl80211_channel_type tx_chantype;
+
        struct ieee80211_ht_cap ht_capa; /* configured ht-cap over-rides */
        struct ieee80211_ht_cap ht_capa_mask; /* Valid parts of ht_capa */
 };
@@ -667,12 +670,6 @@ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data {
 
        char name[IFNAMSIZ];
 
-       /*
-        * keep track of whether the HT opmode (stored in
-        * vif.bss_info.ht_operation_mode) is valid.
-        */
-       bool ht_opmode_valid;
-
        /* to detect idle changes */
        bool old_idle;
 
@@ -1300,7 +1297,6 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
                                       struct net_device *dev);
 
 /* HT */
-bool ieee80111_cfg_override_disables_ht40(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 void ieee80211_apply_htcap_overrides(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                                     struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap *ht_cap);
 void ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
index bb7e5189e27e75829664a50f665860e113651075..30259a73195c5ea01896e8a118c29be839f46269 100644 (file)
@@ -171,110 +171,57 @@ static int ecw2cw(int ecw)
        return (1 << ecw) - 1;
 }
 
-/*
- * ieee80211_enable_ht should be called only after the operating band
- * has been determined as ht configuration depends on the hw's
- * HT abilities for a specific band.
- */
-static u32 ieee80211_enable_ht(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
-                              struct ieee80211_ht_operation *ht_oper,
-                              const u8 *bssid, u16 ap_ht_cap_flags,
-                              bool beacon_htcap_ie)
+static u32 ieee80211_config_ht_tx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+                                 struct ieee80211_ht_operation *ht_oper,
+                                 const u8 *bssid, bool reconfig)
 {
        struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
        struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
        struct sta_info *sta;
        u32 changed = 0;
-       int ht_cfreq;
        u16 ht_opmode;
-       bool enable_ht = true;
-       enum nl80211_channel_type prev_chantype;
-       enum nl80211_channel_type rx_channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
-       enum nl80211_channel_type tx_channel_type;
+       enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
 
        sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
-       prev_chantype = sdata->vif.bss_conf.channel_type;
+       channel_type = local->hw.conf.channel_type;
 
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(channel_type == NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT))
+               return 0;
 
-       ht_cfreq = ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(ht_oper->primary_chan,
-                                                 sband->band);
-       /* check that channel matches the right operating channel */
-       if (local->hw.conf.channel->center_freq != ht_cfreq) {
-               /* Some APs mess this up, evidently.
-                * Netgear WNDR3700 sometimes reports 4 higher than
-                * the actual channel, for instance.
-                */
-               printk(KERN_DEBUG
-                      "%s: Wrong control channel in association"
-                      " response: configured center-freq: %d"
-                      " ht-cfreq: %d  ht->control_chan: %d"
-                      " band: %d.  Disabling HT.\n",
-                      sdata->name,
-                      local->hw.conf.channel->center_freq,
-                      ht_cfreq, ht_oper->primary_chan,
-                      sband->band);
-               enable_ht = false;
-       }
-
-       if (enable_ht) {
-               rx_channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
-
-               if (!(ap_ht_cap_flags & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_40MHZ_INTOLERANT) &&
-                   !ieee80111_cfg_override_disables_ht40(sdata) &&
-                   (sband->ht_cap.cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40) &&
-                   (ht_oper->ht_param & IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHAN_WIDTH_ANY)) {
-                       switch (ht_oper->ht_param &
-                                       IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_OFFSET) {
-                       case IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE:
-                               rx_channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS;
-                               break;
-                       case IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_BELOW:
-                               rx_channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS;
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-       }
-
-       tx_channel_type = ieee80211_get_tx_channel_type(local, rx_channel_type);
-
-       if (local->tmp_channel)
-               local->tmp_channel_type = rx_channel_type;
+       channel_type = ieee80211_get_tx_channel_type(local, channel_type);
 
-       if (!ieee80211_set_channel_type(local, sdata, rx_channel_type)) {
-               /* can only fail due to HT40+/- mismatch */
-               rx_channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
-               WARN_ON(!ieee80211_set_channel_type(local, sdata,
-                                                   rx_channel_type));
-       }
+       /* This can change during the lifetime of the BSS */
+       if (!(ht_oper->ht_param & IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHAN_WIDTH_ANY))
+               channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
 
-       if (beacon_htcap_ie && (prev_chantype != rx_channel_type)) {
-               /*
-                * Whenever the AP announces the HT mode change that can be
-                * 40MHz intolerant or etc., it would be safer to stop tx
-                * queues before doing hw config to avoid buffer overflow.
-                */
-               ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(&sdata->local->hw,
+       if (!reconfig || (sdata->u.mgd.tx_chantype != channel_type)) {
+               if (reconfig) {
+                       /*
+                        * Whenever the AP announces the HT mode changed
+                        * (e.g. 40 MHz intolerant) stop queues to avoid
+                        * sending out frames while the rate control is
+                        * reconfiguring.
+                        */
+                       ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(&sdata->local->hw,
                                IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_CHTYPE_CHANGE);
 
-               /* flush out all packets */
-               synchronize_net();
-
-               drv_flush(local, false);
-       }
+                       /* flush out all packets */
+                       synchronize_net();
 
-       /* channel_type change automatically detected */
-       ieee80211_hw_config(local, 0);
+                       drv_flush(local, false);
+               }
 
-       if (prev_chantype != tx_channel_type) {
                rcu_read_lock();
                sta = sta_info_get(sdata, bssid);
                if (sta)
                        rate_control_rate_update(local, sband, sta,
                                                 IEEE80211_RC_HT_CHANGED,
-                                                tx_channel_type);
+                                                channel_type);
                rcu_read_unlock();
 
-               if (beacon_htcap_ie)
+               sdata->u.mgd.tx_chantype = channel_type;
+
+               if (reconfig)
                        ieee80211_wake_queues_by_reason(&sdata->local->hw,
                                IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_CHTYPE_CHANGE);
        }
@@ -282,12 +229,9 @@ static u32 ieee80211_enable_ht(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        ht_opmode = le16_to_cpu(ht_oper->operation_mode);
 
        /* if bss configuration changed store the new one */
-       if (sdata->ht_opmode_valid != enable_ht ||
-           sdata->vif.bss_conf.ht_operation_mode != ht_opmode ||
-           prev_chantype != rx_channel_type) {
+       if (!reconfig || (sdata->vif.bss_conf.ht_operation_mode != ht_opmode)) {
                changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HT;
                sdata->vif.bss_conf.ht_operation_mode = ht_opmode;
-               sdata->ht_opmode_valid = enable_ht;
        }
 
        return changed;
@@ -359,6 +303,16 @@ static void ieee80211_add_ht_ie(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                break;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * If 40 MHz was disabled associate as though we weren't
+        * capable of 40 MHz -- some broken APs will never fall
+        * back to trying to transmit in 20 MHz.
+        */
+       if (sdata->u.mgd.flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_40MHZ) {
+               cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
+               cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40;
+       }
+
        /* set SM PS mode properly */
        cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SM_PS;
        switch (smps) {
@@ -1436,7 +1390,6 @@ static void ieee80211_set_disassoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        sdata->vif.bss_conf.assoc = false;
 
        /* on the next assoc, re-program HT parameters */
-       sdata->ht_opmode_valid = false;
        memset(&ifmgd->ht_capa, 0, sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa));
        memset(&ifmgd->ht_capa_mask, 0, sizeof(ifmgd->ht_capa_mask));
 
@@ -2003,7 +1956,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_success(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        struct ieee80211_bss_conf *bss_conf = &sdata->vif.bss_conf;
        u32 changed = 0;
        int err;
-       u16 ap_ht_cap_flags;
 
        /* AssocResp and ReassocResp have identical structure */
 
@@ -2054,8 +2006,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_success(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(sdata, sband,
                                elems.ht_cap_elem, &sta->sta.ht_cap);
 
-       ap_ht_cap_flags = sta->sta.ht_cap.cap;
-
        rate_control_rate_init(sta);
 
        if (ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_MFP_ENABLED)
@@ -2097,9 +2047,8 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_success(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 
        if (elems.ht_operation && elems.wmm_param &&
            !(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N))
-               changed |= ieee80211_enable_ht(sdata, elems.ht_operation,
-                                              cbss->bssid, ap_ht_cap_flags,
-                                              false);
+               changed |= ieee80211_config_ht_tx(sdata, elems.ht_operation,
+                                                 cbss->bssid, false);
 
        /* set AID and assoc capability,
         * ieee80211_set_associated() will tell the driver */
@@ -2511,29 +2460,12 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 
        if (elems.ht_cap_elem && elems.ht_operation && elems.wmm_param &&
            !(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N)) {
-               struct sta_info *sta;
                struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
-               u16 ap_ht_cap_flags;
-
-               rcu_read_lock();
-
-               sta = sta_info_get(sdata, bssid);
-               if (WARN_ON(!sta)) {
-                       rcu_read_unlock();
-                       return;
-               }
 
                sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
 
-               ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(sdata, sband,
-                               elems.ht_cap_elem, &sta->sta.ht_cap);
-
-               ap_ht_cap_flags = sta->sta.ht_cap.cap;
-
-               rcu_read_unlock();
-
-               changed |= ieee80211_enable_ht(sdata, elems.ht_operation,
-                                              bssid, ap_ht_cap_flags, true);
+               changed |= ieee80211_config_ht_tx(sdata, elems.ht_operation,
+                                                 bssid, true);
        }
 
        /* Note: country IE parsing is done for us by cfg80211 */
@@ -3065,6 +2997,11 @@ static int ieee80211_prep_connection(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        struct sta_info *sta;
        bool have_sta = false;
        int err;
+       int ht_cfreq;
+       enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
+       const u8 *ht_oper_ie;
+       const struct ieee80211_ht_operation *ht_oper = NULL;
+       struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
 
        if (WARN_ON(!ifmgd->auth_data && !ifmgd->assoc_data))
                return -EINVAL;
@@ -3086,17 +3023,76 @@ static int ieee80211_prep_connection(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
 
        /* switch to the right channel */
+       sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[cbss->channel->band];
+
+       ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_40MHZ;
+
+       if (sband->ht_cap.ht_supported) {
+               ht_oper_ie = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_HT_OPERATION,
+                                             cbss->information_elements,
+                                             cbss->len_information_elements);
+               if (ht_oper_ie && ht_oper_ie[1] >= sizeof(*ht_oper))
+                       ht_oper = (void *)(ht_oper_ie + 2);
+       }
+
+       if (ht_oper) {
+               ht_cfreq = ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(ht_oper->primary_chan,
+                                                         cbss->channel->band);
+               /* check that channel matches the right operating channel */
+               if (cbss->channel->center_freq != ht_cfreq) {
+                       /*
+                        * It's possible that some APs are confused here;
+                        * Netgear WNDR3700 sometimes reports 4 higher than
+                        * the actual channel in association responses, but
+                        * since we look at probe response/beacon data here
+                        * it should be OK.
+                        */
+                       printk(KERN_DEBUG
+                              "%s: Wrong control channel: center-freq: %d"
+                              " ht-cfreq: %d ht->primary_chan: %d"
+                              " band: %d. Disabling HT.\n",
+                              sdata->name, cbss->channel->center_freq,
+                              ht_cfreq, ht_oper->primary_chan,
+                              cbss->channel->band);
+                       ht_oper = NULL;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (ht_oper) {
+               channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
+
+               if (sband->ht_cap.cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40) {
+                       switch (ht_oper->ht_param &
+                                       IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_OFFSET) {
+                       case IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_ABOVE:
+                               channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS;
+                               break;
+                       case IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_CHA_SEC_BELOW:
+                               channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS;
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (!ieee80211_set_channel_type(local, sdata, channel_type)) {
+               /* can only fail due to HT40+/- mismatch */
+               channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_HT20;
+               printk(KERN_DEBUG
+                      "%s: disabling 40 MHz due to multi-vif mismatch\n",
+                      sdata->name);
+               ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_40MHZ;
+               WARN_ON(!ieee80211_set_channel_type(local, sdata,
+                                                   channel_type));
+       }
+
        local->oper_channel = cbss->channel;
-       ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL);
+       ieee80211_hw_config(local, 0);
 
        if (!have_sta) {
-               struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
                u32 rates = 0, basic_rates = 0;
                bool have_higher_than_11mbit;
                int min_rate = INT_MAX, min_rate_index = -1;
 
-               sband = sdata->local->hw.wiphy->bands[cbss->channel->band];
-
                ieee80211_get_rates(sband, bss->supp_rates,
                                    bss->supp_rates_len,
                                    &rates, &basic_rates,