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authorJohannes Berg2012-10-19 15:44:42 +0200
committerJohannes Berg2012-10-26 12:57:06 +0200
commit1041638f2bba0f1de75e66086d50fb1251d64dcf (patch)
tree95d5ea3a83302d27887dcdc2d425682216937f3f /net/mac80211/cfg.c
parentmac80211: move AP teardown code to correct place (diff)
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mac80211: add explicit AP/GO driver operations
Depending on the driver, a lot of setup may be necessary to start operating as an AP, some of which may fail. Add an explicit AP start driver method to make such failures easier to handle, and add an AP stop driver method for symmetry. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/cfg.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/cfg.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 95bf3d5d009f..34fd3eba3090 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -922,6 +922,15 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
return err;
changed |= err;
+ err = drv_start_ap(sdata->local, sdata);
+ if (err) {
+ old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+ if (old)
+ kfree_rcu(old, rcu_head);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->u.ap.beacon, NULL);
+ return err;
+ }
+
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
netif_carrier_on(dev);
@@ -979,6 +988,8 @@ static int ieee80211_stop_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev)
sta_info_flush(local, sdata);
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED);
+ drv_stop_ap(sdata->local, sdata);
+
/* free all potentially still buffered bcast frames */
local->total_ps_buffered -= skb_queue_len(&sdata->u.ap.ps.bc_buf);
skb_queue_purge(&sdata->u.ap.ps.bc_buf);