nl/cfg80211: force scan using an AP vif if requested
If the user wants to scan using a vif configured as AP,
cfg80211 must give him a chance to do it, even if this
will disrupt the stations performance due to off-channel
scanning. To do so, this patch adds a 'force' flag to the
SCAN_TRIGGER command which tells cfg80211 to perform the
scanning operation even if the vif is an AP and the
beaconing has already started.
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 5739bfb..5eab132 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -1855,7 +1855,16 @@
* beaconing hasn't been configured yet
*/
case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
- if (sdata->u.ap.beacon)
+ /*
+ * If the scan has been forced (and the driver supports
+ * forcing), don't care about being beaconing already.
+ * This will create problems to the attached stations (e.g. all
+ * the frames sent while scanning on other channel will be
+ * lost)
+ */
+ if (sdata->u.ap.beacon &&
+ (!(wiphy->features & NL80211_FEATURE_AP_SCAN) ||
+ !(req->flags & NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_AP)))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
break;
default: