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| author |   Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> | 2009-12-23 13:15:44 +0100 |
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| committer |   John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-12-28 16:55:06 -0500 |
| commit | 98b6218388e345064c3f2d3c161383a18274c638 (patch) | |
| tree | 3df881c8e15947aeefe31da7fa83980a1530aed3 /net/wireless/nl80211.c | |
| parent | mac80211: make off-channel work generic (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-98b6218388e345064c3f2d3c161383a18274c638.tar.xz linux-dev-98b6218388e345064c3f2d3c161383a18274c638.zip | |
mac80211/cfg80211: add station events
When, for instance, a new IBSS peer is found, userspace
wants to be notified. Add events for all new stations
that mac80211 learns about.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/nl80211.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index ff857f10cb85..e3bee3cecdfa 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ static int parse_station_flags(struct genl_info *info, static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags, struct net_device *dev, - u8 *mac_addr, struct station_info *sinfo) + const u8 *mac_addr, struct station_info *sinfo) { void *hdr; struct nlattr *sinfoattr, *txrate; @@ -5350,6 +5350,25 @@ void nl80211_send_remain_on_channel_cancel( channel_type, 0, gfp); } +void nl80211_send_sta_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, + struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, + struct station_info *sinfo, gfp_t gfp) +{ + struct sk_buff *msg; + + msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp); + if (!msg) + return; + + if (nl80211_send_station(msg, 0, 0, 0, dev, mac_addr, sinfo) < 0) { + nlmsg_free(msg); + return; + } + + genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0, + nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp); +} + /* initialisation/exit functions */ int nl80211_init(void) |