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From: Arthur LENA <art...@lena.im>
Date: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:07 PM
Subject: [Battlemesh] BSS load element patch
To: battlem...@ml.ninux.org
Hi all!
Attached the patch adding the BSS Load IE to the beacon sent by the ath9k
driver (specification can be found @ IEEE802.11-2012 §8.4.2.30). It fills
the channel utilization field (based on cycles counters read out of the
chipsets) and the station count field. This patch applies successfully to
the compat-wireless package in the OpenWRT build environment (trunk r45674)
and was tested on the WDR4300. All comments are welcome!!
Cheers
Arthur
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commit 7e1e7ca17d3159b562bcc59d7bc27fabb1f50d73
Author: Arthur Léna <l...@ftw.at>
Date: Tue May 12 19:39:48 2015 +0200
ath9k: add QBSS IE to the beacons
Summary:
* the QBSS IE is added to the beacons in the ath9k driver.
* the value of the channel load element is calculated over a fixed
period of 50 beacon intervals (i.e., 5 seconds with the
default beacon interval).
* a counter for the number of associated stations has been added
for each virtual interface in the ath_vif struct. This allows
to fill the station count element of the QBSS IE.
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/940-ath9k_qbss_load_element.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/940-ath9k_qbss_load_element.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..393ab99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/940-ath9k_qbss_load_element.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
+ */
+
+ #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
++#include <linux/kernel.h>
+ #include "ath9k.h"
+
+ #define FUDGE 2
+@@ -109,6 +110,46 @@ static void ath9k_beacon_setup(struct at
+ ath9k_hw_set_txdesc(ah, bf->bf_desc, &info);
+ }
+
++static void ath9k_beacon_add_qbss(struct ath_softc *sc,
++ struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb, int beacon_interval)
++{
++ /* default - 802.11e annex D: dot11ChannelUtilizationBeaconInterval */
++ static const u8 qbss_ie_hdr[] = {
++ WLAN_EID_QBSS_LOAD, /* type */
++ 0x05, /* length */
++ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 /* dummy values */
++ };
++ u8 *hdr;
++ struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
++ struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
++ struct ath_vif *avp = (void *)vif->drv_priv;
++ static const u8 QBSS_CU_BEACON_INTERVAL_MAX = 50;
++ static u32 channel_time_busy = 0;
++ static u64 last_channel_time_busy = 0;
++ static u8 qbss_cu_beacon_int = 0;
++ static u8 qbss_channel_load;
++
++ /* get the information out of the survey struct for the current channel */
++ spin_lock_bh(&common->cc_lock);
++
++ if (++qbss_cu_beacon_int == QBSS_CU_BEACON_INTERVAL_MAX) {
++ channel_time_busy = sc->cur_survey->time_busy - last_channel_time_busy;
++ channel_time_busy += ath_update_survey_stats(sc);
++ qbss_channel_load = channel_time_busy * 255 /
++ (beacon_interval * qbss_cu_beacon_int);
++ channel_time_busy = 0;
++ qbss_cu_beacon_int = 0;
++ last_channel_time_busy = sc->cur_survey->time_busy;
++ }
++
++ spin_unlock_bh(&common->cc_lock);
++
++ hdr = skb_put(skb, sizeof(qbss_ie_hdr));
++ memcpy(hdr, qbss_ie_hdr, sizeof(qbss_ie_hdr));
++ *((u16 *) (hdr + 2)) = cpu_to_le16(avp->n_assoc_stations);
++ *(hdr+4) = qbss_channel_load;
++}
++
+ static struct ath_buf *ath9k_beacon_generate(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
+ {
+@@ -151,6 +192,9 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath9k_beacon_gene
+ if (vif->p2p)
+ ath9k_beacon_add_noa(sc, avp, skb);
+
++ ath9k_beacon_add_qbss(sc, vif, skb,
++ avp->chanctx->beacon.beacon_interval);
++
+ bf->bf_buf_addr = dma_map_single(sc->dev, skb->data,
+ skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+ if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr))) {
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+@@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ struct ath_vif {
+ u32 noa_duration;
+ bool periodic_noa;
+ bool oneshot_noa;
++
++ u16 n_assoc_stations;
+ };
+
+ struct ath9k_vif_iter_data {
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+@@ -1488,6 +1488,7 @@ static int ath9k_sta_add(struct ieee8021
+ struct ath_softc *sc = hw->priv;
+ struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah);
+ struct ath_node *an = (struct ath_node *) sta->drv_priv;
++ struct ath_vif *avp = (void *)vif->drv_priv;
+ struct ieee80211_key_conf ps_key = { };
+ int key;
+
+@@ -1503,6 +1504,8 @@ static int ath9k_sta_add(struct ieee8021
+ an->key_idx[0] = key;
+ }
+
++ avp->n_assoc_stations++;
++
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+@@ -1527,9 +1530,11 @@ static int ath9k_sta_remove(struct ieee8
+ struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
+ {
+ struct ath_softc *sc = hw->priv;
++ struct ath_vif *avp = (void *)vif->drv_priv;
+
+ ath9k_del_ps_key(sc, vif, sta);
+ ath_node_detach(sc, sta);
++ avp->n_assoc_stations--;
+
+ return 0;
+ }
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