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# 267654 19-Jun-2014 gjb

Copy stable/9 to releng/9.3 as part of the 9.3-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 249132 05-Apr-2013 mav

MFC r227293 (by ed):
Mark MALLOC_DEFINEs static that have no corresponding MALLOC_DECLAREs.

This means that their use is restricted to a single C file.


# 225736 22-Sep-2011 kensmith

Copy head to stable/9 as part of 9.0-RELEASE release cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)


# 217554 18-Jan-2011 mdf

Specify a CTLTYPE_FOO so that a future sysctl(8) change does not need
to rely on the format string. For SYSCTL_PROC instances that I
noticed a discrepancy between the CTLTYPE and the format specifier,
fix the CTLTYPE.


# 217322 12-Jan-2011 mdf

sysctl(9) cleanup checkpoint: amd64 GENERIC builds cleanly.

Commit the net* piece.


# 202612 19-Jan-2010 thompsa

Use the iflladdr_event event to keep the mac address on the vap in sync with
the parent wirless interface. If the user passed in a mac address or it was
autogenerated then flag this to avoid trashing it on update.

This will fix wlan+lagg in a post vap world.


# 196019 01-Aug-2009 rwatson

Merge the remainder of kern_vimage.c and vimage.h into vnet.c and
vnet.h, we now use jails (rather than vimages) as the abstraction
for virtualization management, and what remained was specific to
virtual network stacks. Minor cleanups are done in the process,
and comments updated to reflect these changes.

Reviewed by: bz
Approved by: re (vimage blanket)


# 195757 18-Jul-2009 sam

Move code that does payload realigment to a new routine, ieee80211_realign,
so it can be reused. While here rewrite the logic to always use a single mbuf.

Reviewed by: rpaulo
Approved by: re (kib)


# 193541 05-Jun-2009 sam

add tid param to ieee80211_notify_replay_failure to get the correct rsc


# 193312 02-Jun-2009 sam

Remove hack used to deal with ifnet teardown now that if_detach and the
bridge do a better job.
o move ether_ifdetach to the top of ieee80211_detach
o do not clear if_softc at the top of ieee80211_detach; we no longer need
this because we are safeguarded against calls coming back through if_ioctl
o simplify the bpf tracker now that we don't null if_softc

This also fixes an issue where having a bpf consumer active when a vap
is destroyed would cause a crash because bpf referenced free'd memory.

Reviewed by: imp


# 193292 01-Jun-2009 sam

Fix monitor mode vaps to work as intended:
o track # bpf taps on monitor mode vaps instead of # monitor mode vaps
o spam monitor mode taps on tx/rx
o fix ieee80211_radiotap_rx_all to dispatch frames only if the vap is up
o while here print radiotap (and superg) state in show com


# 193115 30-May-2009 sam

distribute sysctl decls so global variables can be made static


# 192764 25-May-2009 sam

do internal bpf tracking only for radiotap DLT's


# 192473 20-May-2009 sam

Prepare to distribute sysctl code to reduce global definitions:
o expose net.wlan sysctl node
o expose ieee80211_sysctl_msecs_ticks

Reviewed by: rpaulo, thompsa


# 192468 20-May-2009 sam

Overhaul monitor mode handling:
o replace DLT_IEEE802_11 support in net80211 with DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO
and remove explicit bpf support from wireless drivers; drivers now
use ieee80211_radiotap_attach to setup shared data structures that
hold the radiotap header for each packet tx/rx
o remove rx timestamp from the rx path; it was used only by the tdma support
for debugging and was mostly useless due to it being 32-bits and mostly
unavailable
o track DLT_IEEE80211_RADIO bpf attachments and maintain per-vap and
per-com state when there are active taps
o track the number of monitor mode vaps
o use bpf tap and monitor mode vap state to decide when to collect radiotap
state and dispatch frames; drivers no longer explicitly directly check
bpf state or use bpf calls to tap frames
o handle radiotap state updates on channel change in net80211; drivers
should not do this (unless they bypass net80211 which is almost always
a mistake)
o update various drivers to be more consistent/correct in handling radiotap
o update ral to include TSF in radiotap'd frames
o add promisc mode callback to wi

Reviewed by: cbzimmer, rpaulo, thompsa


# 192108 14-May-2009 sam

add missing type for SYSCTL_PROC items; w/o a type you can view the value
but not change it


# 191816 05-May-2009 zec

Change the curvnet variable from a global const struct vnet *,
previously always pointing to the default vnet context, to a
dynamically changing thread-local one. The currvnet context
should be set on entry to networking code via CURVNET_SET() macros,
and reverted to previous state via CURVNET_RESTORE(). Recursions
on curvnet are permitted, though strongly discuouraged.

This change should have no functional impact on nooptions VIMAGE
kernel builds, where CURVNET_* macros expand to whitespace.

The curthread->td_vnet (aka curvnet) variable's purpose is to be an
indicator of the vnet context in which the current network-related
operation takes place, in case we cannot deduce the current vnet
context from any other source, such as by looking at mbuf's
m->m_pkthdr.rcvif->if_vnet, sockets's so->so_vnet etc. Moreover, so
far curvnet has turned out to be an invaluable consistency checking
aid: it helps to catch cases when sockets, ifnets or any other
vnet-aware structures may have leaked from one vnet to another.

The exact placement of the CURVNET_SET() / CURVNET_RESTORE() macros
was a result of an empirical iterative process, whith an aim to
reduce recursions on CURVNET_SET() to a minimum, while still reducing
the scope of CURVNET_SET() to networking only operations - the
alternative would be calling CURVNET_SET() on each system call entry.
In general, curvnet has to be set in three typicall cases: when
processing socket-related requests from userspace or from within the
kernel; when processing inbound traffic flowing from device drivers
to upper layers of the networking stack, and when executing
timer-driven networking functions.

This change also introduces a DDB subcommand to show the list of all
vnet instances.

Approved by: julian (mentor)


# 190579 30-Mar-2009 sam

Hoist 802.11 encapsulation up into net80211:
o call ieee80211_encap in ieee80211_start so frames passed down to drivers
are already encapsulated
o remove ieee80211_encap calls in drivers
o fixup wi so it recreates the 802.3 head it requires from the 802.11
header contents
o move fast-frame aggregation from ath to net80211 (conditional on
IEEE80211_SUPPORT_SUPERG):
- aggregation is now done in ieee80211_start; it is enabled when the
packets/sec exceeds ieee80211_ffppsmin (net.wlan.ffppsmin) and frames
are held on a staging queue according to ieee80211_ffagemax
(net.wlan.ffagemax) to wait for a frame to combine with
- drivers must call back to age/flush the staging queue (ath does this
on tx done, at swba, and on rx according to the state of the tx queues
and/or the contents of the staging queue)
- remove fast-frame-related data structures from ath
- add ieee80211_ff_node_init and ieee80211_ff_node_cleanup to handle
per-node fast-frames state (we reuse 11n tx ampdu state)
o change ieee80211_encap calling convention to include an explicit vap
so frames coming through a WDS vap are recognized w/o setting M_WDS

With these changes any device able to tx/rx 3Kbyte+ frames can use fast-frames.

Reviewed by: thompsa, rpaulo, avatar, imp, sephe


# 190526 29-Mar-2009 sam

Eliminate ic_myaddr so changing the mac address of a device works correctly:
o remove ic_myaddr from ieee80211com
o change ieee80211_ifattach to take the mac address of the physical device
and use that to setup the lladdr.
o replace all references to ic_myaddr in drivers by IF_LLADDR
o related cleanups (e.g. kill dead code)

PR: kern/133178
Reviewed by: thompsa, rpaulo


# 186904 08-Jan-2009 sam

TDMA support for long distance point-to-point links using ath devices:
o add net80211 support for a tdma vap that is built on top of the
existing adhoc-demo support
o add tdma scheduling of frame transmission to the ath driver; it's
conceivable other devices might be capable of this too in which case
they can make use of the 802.11 protocol additions etc.
o add minor bits to user tools that need to know: ifconfig to setup and
configure, new statistics in athstats, and new debug mask bits

While the architecture can support >2 slots in a TDMA BSS the current
design is intended (and tested) for only 2 slots.

Sponsored by: Intel


# 186302 18-Dec-2008 sam

convert MALLOC/FREE to malloc/free


# 184210 23-Oct-2008 des

Revert the removal of the MALLOC and FREE macros from the net80211 code.

Requested by: sam


# 184205 23-Oct-2008 des

Retire the MALLOC and FREE macros. They are an abomination unto style(9).

MFC after: 3 months


# 183210 20-Sep-2008 thompsa

Fix clone destruction, can't use the simple api because that does not remove
the ifnet from cloner's list. Expose if_clone_destroyif api to do this.

Submitted by: sam


# 181194 02-Aug-2008 sam

add a sysctl to deliver a radar event for testing


# 178957 11-May-2008 sam

Minor cleanup of vap create work:
o add IEEE80211_C_STA capability to indicate sta mode is supported
(was previously assumed) and mark drivers as capable
o add ieee80211_opcap array to map an opmode to the equivalent capability bit
o move IEEE80211_C_OPMODE definition to where capabilities are defined so it's
clear it should be kept in sync (on future additions)
o check device capabilities in clone create before trying to create a vap;
this makes driver checks unneeded
o make error codes return on failed clone request unique
o temporarily add console printfs on clone request failures to aid in
debugging; these will move under DIAGNOSTIC or similar before release


# 178354 20-Apr-2008 sam

Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices.

Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware
loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there
no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now
bundled into the wlan module.

Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell
Reviewed by: many
Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)


# 173273 02-Nov-2007 sam

sync 11n support with vap code base; many changes based on interop
testing with all major vendors

MFC after: 1 week


# 171984 26-Aug-2007 sephe

Fix following nits:
- Per ieee80211com sysctl ctx leakage on detach
- getmgtframe incorrectly adjusts mbuf.m_data

Reviewed by: sam
Approved by: re (bmah), sam (mentor)


# 170530 11-Jun-2007 sam

Update 802.11 wireless support:
o major overhaul of the way channels are handled: channels are now
fully enumerated and uniquely identify the operating characteristics;
these changes are visible to user applications which require changes
o make scanning support independent of the state machine to enable
background scanning and roaming
o move scanning support into loadable modules based on the operating
mode to enable different policies and reduce the memory footprint
on systems w/ constrained resources
o add background scanning in station mode (no support for adhoc/ibss
mode yet)
o significantly speedup sta mode scanning with a variety of techniques
o add roaming support when background scanning is supported; for now
we use a simple algorithm to trigger a roam: we threshold the rssi
and tx rate, if either drops too low we try to roam to a new ap
o add tx fragmentation support
o add first cut at 802.11n support: this code works with forthcoming
drivers but is incomplete; it's included now to establish a baseline
for other drivers to be developed and for user applications
o adjust max_linkhdr et. al. to reflect 802.11 requirements; this eliminates
prepending mbufs for traffic generated locally
o add support for Atheros protocol extensions; mainly the fast frames
encapsulation (note this can be used with any card that can tx+rx
large frames correctly)
o add sta support for ap's that beacon both WPA1+2 support
o change all data types from bsd-style to posix-style
o propagate noise floor data from drivers to net80211 and on to user apps
o correct various issues in the sta mode state machine related to handling
authentication and association failures
o enable the addition of sta mode power save support for drivers that need
net80211 support (not in this commit)
o remove old WI compatibility ioctls (wicontrol is officially dead)
o change the data structures returned for get sta info and get scan
results so future additions will not break user apps
o fixed tx rate is now maintained internally as an ieee rate and not an
index into the rate set; this needs to be extended to deal with
multi-mode operation
o add extended channel specifications to radiotap to enable 11n sniffing

Drivers:
o ath: add support for bg scanning, tx fragmentation, fast frames,
dynamic turbo (lightly tested), 11n (sniffing only and needs
new hal)
o awi: compile tested only
o ndis: lightly tested
o ipw: lightly tested
o iwi: add support for bg scanning (well tested but may have some
rough edges)
o ral, ural, rum: add suppoort for bg scanning, calibrate rssi data
o wi: lightly tested

This work is based on contributions by Atheros, kmacy, sephe, thompsa,
mlaier, kevlo, and others. Much of the scanning work was supported by
Atheros. The 11n work was supported by Marvell.


# 170360 06-Jun-2007 sam

copyright updates:
o update to include 2007
o switch back to a 2-clause bsd-only license

Reviewed by: onoe


# 165894 08-Jan-2007 sam

Fix potential node refcnt leak. If mbufs are q'd on ic_mgtq when
the state machine clocks to INIT, node references are not reclaimed.
Add a new routine ieee80211_drain_ifq that does this and use it
instead of IF_DRAIN.

Submitted by: Sepherosa Ziehau
Obtained from: DragonFly
MFC after: 1 month


# 159915 24-Jun-2006 sam

remove duplicate ifname in debug msg

MFC after: 1 week


# 159590 13-Jun-2006 jhb

Use kern_kldload() and kern_kldunload() to load and unload modules when
we intend for the user to be able to unload them later via kldunload(2)
instead of calling linker_load_module() and then directly adjusting the
ref count on the linker file structure. This makes the resulting
consumer code simpler and cleaner and better hides the linker internals
making it possible to sanely lock the linker.


# 153349 12-Dec-2005 sam

Add ieee80211_beacon_miss for processing sta mode beacon miss events
in the 802.11 layer: we send a directed probe request frame to the
current ap bmiss_max times (w/o answer) before scanning for a new ap.

MFC after: 2 weeks


# 151967 02-Nov-2005 andre

Retire MT_HEADER mbuf type and change its users to use MT_DATA.

Having an additional MT_HEADER mbuf type is superfluous and redundant
as nothing depends on it. It only adds a layer of confusion. The
distinction between header mbuf's and data mbuf's is solely done
through the m->m_flags M_PKTHDR flag.

Non-native code is not changed in this commit. For compatibility
MT_HEADER is mapped to MT_DATA.

Sponsored by: TCP/IP Optimization Fundraise 2005


# 148863 08-Aug-2005 sam

Split crypto tx+rx key indices and add a key index -> node mapping table:

Crypto changes:
o change driver/net80211 key_alloc api to return tx+rx key indices; a
driver can leave the rx key index set to IEEE80211_KEYIX_NONE or set
it to be the same as the tx key index (the former disables use of
the key index in building the keyix->node mapping table and is the
default setup for naive drivers by null_key_alloc)
o add cs_max_keyid to crypto state to specify the max h/w key index a
driver will return; this is used to allocate the key index mapping
table and to bounds check table loookups
o while here introduce ieee80211_keyix (finally) for the type of a h/w
key index
o change crypto notifiers for rx failures to pass the rx key index up
as appropriate (michael failure, replay, etc.)

Node table changes:
o optionally allocate a h/w key index to node mapping table for the
station table using the max key index setting supplied by drivers
(note the scan table does not get a map)
o defer node table allocation to lateattach so the driver has a chance
to set the max key id to size the key index map
o while here also defer the aid bitmap allocation
o add new ieee80211_find_rxnode_withkey api to find a sta/node entry
on frame receive with an optional h/w key index to use in checking
mapping table; also updates the map if it does a hash lookup and the
found node has a rx key index set in the unicast key; note this work
is separated from the old ieee80211_find_rxnode call so drivers do
not need to be aware of the new mechanism
o move some node table manipulation under the node table lock to close
a race on node delete
o add ieee80211_node_delucastkey to do the dirty work of deleting
unicast key state for a node (deletes any key and handles key map
references)

Ath driver:
o nuke private sc_keyixmap mechansim in favor of net80211 support
o update key alloc api

These changes close several race conditions for the ath driver operating
in ap mode. Other drivers should see no change. Station mode operation
for ath no longer uses the key index map but performance tests show no
noticeable change and this will be fixed when the scan table is eliminated
with the new scanning support.

Tested by: Michal Mertl, avatar, others
Reviewed by: avatar, others
MFC after: 2 weeks


# 144302 29-Mar-2005 sam

pass re-association events up using a new message type


# 140633 22-Jan-2005 sam

be consistent in naming inactivity timers;
net.wlan.X.inact -> net.wlan.X.inact_run


# 139530 31-Dec-2004 sam

bump copyright for 2005


# 139512 31-Dec-2004 sam

o add net.wlan.X.driver_caps mib variable for setting the driver capabilities
flags for testing
o debug msg consistency fixups


# 138777 13-Dec-2004 sam

cover up the landmine until there's a proper solution


# 138609 08-Dec-2004 sam

fixup printf arguments for 64-bit machines


# 138568 08-Dec-2004 sam

Update 802.11 support; too much new functionality to fully describe
here but it includes completed 802.11g, WPA, 802.11i, 802.1x, WME/WMM,
AP-side power-save, crypto plugin framework, authenticator plugin framework,
and access control plugin frameowrk.