cfg80211: Pass new RSSI level in CQM RSSI notification
Update the drivers to pass the RSSI level as a cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify parameter and pass this value to userspace in a new nl80211 attribute. This helps both userspace and also helps in the implementation of the multiple RSSI thresholds CQM mechanism. Note for marvell/mwifiex I pass 0 for the RSSI value because the new RSSI value is not available to the driver at the time of the cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify call, but the driver queries the new value immediately after that, so it is actually available just a moment later if we wanted to defer caling cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify until that moment. Without this, the new cfg80211 code (patch 3) will call .get_station which will send a duplicate HostCmd_CMD_RSSI_INFO command to the hardware. Signed-off-by:Andrew Zaborowski <andrew.zaborowski@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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- drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_event.c 2 additions, 2 deletionsdrivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_event.c
- drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c 1 addition, 1 deletiondrivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
- include/net/cfg80211.h 2 additions, 1 deletioninclude/net/cfg80211.h
- include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h 3 additions, 0 deletionsinclude/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
- net/mac80211/mlme.c 1 addition, 1 deletionnet/mac80211/mlme.c
- net/wireless/nl80211.c 7 additions, 2 deletionsnet/wireless/nl80211.c
- net/wireless/trace.h 7 additions, 4 deletionsnet/wireless/trace.h
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