mac80211: implement off-channel mgmt TX
This implements the new off-channel TX API
in mac80211 with a new work item type. The
operation doesn't add a new work item when
we're on the right channel and there's no
wait time so that for example p2p probe
responses will be transmitted without delay.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/work.c b/net/mac80211/work.c
index ae344d1..2b5c3f2 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/work.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/work.c
@@ -561,6 +561,25 @@
}
static enum work_action __must_check
+ieee80211_offchannel_tx(struct ieee80211_work *wk)
+{
+ if (!wk->started) {
+ wk->timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(wk->offchan_tx.wait);
+
+ /*
+ * After this, offchan_tx.frame remains but now is no
+ * longer a valid pointer -- we still need it as the
+ * cookie for canceling this work.
+ */
+ ieee80211_tx_skb(wk->sdata, wk->offchan_tx.frame);
+
+ return WORK_ACT_NONE;
+ }
+
+ return WORK_ACT_TIMEOUT;
+}
+
+static enum work_action __must_check
ieee80211_assoc_beacon_wait(struct ieee80211_work *wk)
{
if (wk->started)
@@ -955,6 +974,9 @@
case IEEE80211_WORK_REMAIN_ON_CHANNEL:
rma = ieee80211_remain_on_channel_timeout(wk);
break;
+ case IEEE80211_WORK_OFFCHANNEL_TX:
+ rma = ieee80211_offchannel_tx(wk);
+ break;
case IEEE80211_WORK_ASSOC_BEACON_WAIT:
rma = ieee80211_assoc_beacon_wait(wk);
break;
