linux/net/wireless/reg.h
Johannes Berg 458f4f9e96 regulatory: use RCU to protect global and wiphy regdomains
To simplify the locking and not require cfg80211_mutex
(which nl80211 uses to access the global regdomain) and
also to make it possible for drivers to access their
wiphy->regd safely, use RCU to protect these pointers.

Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-01-03 13:01:29 +01:00

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#ifndef __NET_WIRELESS_REG_H
#define __NET_WIRELESS_REG_H
/*
* Copyright 2008-2011 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@qca.qualcomm.com>
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
* purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
* copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
* WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
* ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
* WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
* ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
* OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
*/
extern const struct ieee80211_regdomain __rcu *cfg80211_regdomain;
bool is_world_regdom(const char *alpha2);
bool reg_supported_dfs_region(u8 dfs_region);
int regulatory_hint_user(const char *alpha2,
enum nl80211_user_reg_hint_type user_reg_hint_type);
int reg_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
void wiphy_regulatory_register(struct wiphy *wiphy);
void wiphy_regulatory_deregister(struct wiphy *wiphy);
int __init regulatory_init(void);
void regulatory_exit(void);
int set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd);
bool reg_last_request_cell_base(void);
/**
* regulatory_hint_found_beacon - hints a beacon was found on a channel
* @wiphy: the wireless device where the beacon was found on
* @beacon_chan: the channel on which the beacon was found on
* @gfp: context flags
*
* This informs the wireless core that a beacon from an AP was found on
* the channel provided. This allows the wireless core to make educated
* guesses on regulatory to help with world roaming. This is only used for
* world roaming -- when we do not know our current location. This is
* only useful on channels 12, 13 and 14 on the 2 GHz band as channels
* 1-11 are already enabled by the world regulatory domain; and on
* non-radar 5 GHz channels.
*
* Drivers do not need to call this, cfg80211 will do it for after a scan
* on a newly found BSS. If you cannot make use of this feature you can
* set the wiphy->disable_beacon_hints to true.
*/
int regulatory_hint_found_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_channel *beacon_chan,
gfp_t gfp);
/**
* regulatory_hint_11d - hints a country IE as a regulatory domain
* @wiphy: the wireless device giving the hint (used only for reporting
* conflicts)
* @band: the band on which the country IE was received on. This determines
* the band we'll process the country IE channel triplets for.
* @country_ie: pointer to the country IE
* @country_ie_len: length of the country IE
*
* We will intersect the rd with the what CRDA tells us should apply
* for the alpha2 this country IE belongs to, this prevents APs from
* sending us incorrect or outdated information against a country.
*
* The AP is expected to provide Country IE channel triplets for the
* band it is on. It is technically possible for APs to send channel
* country IE triplets even for channels outside of the band they are
* in but for that they would have to use the regulatory extension
* in combination with a triplet but this behaviour is currently
* not observed. For this reason if a triplet is seen with channel
* information for a band the BSS is not present in it will be ignored.
*/
void regulatory_hint_11d(struct wiphy *wiphy,
enum ieee80211_band band,
const u8 *country_ie,
u8 country_ie_len);
/**
* regulatory_hint_disconnect - informs all devices have been disconneted
*
* Regulotory rules can be enhanced further upon scanning and upon
* connection to an AP. These rules become stale if we disconnect
* and go to another country, whether or not we suspend and resume.
* If we suspend, go to another country and resume we'll automatically
* get disconnected shortly after resuming and things will be reset as well.
* This routine is a helper to restore regulatory settings to how they were
* prior to our first connect attempt. This includes ignoring country IE and
* beacon regulatory hints. The ieee80211_regdom module parameter will always
* be respected but if a user had set the regulatory domain that will take
* precedence.
*
* Must be called from process context.
*/
void regulatory_hint_disconnect(void);
#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_REG_H */