[PATCH] mac80211: send association event on IBSS create

[PATCH] mac80211: send association event on IBSS create

[Dan Williams]

Otherwise userspace has no idea the IBSS creation succeeded.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
-------------

John, please apply to 2.6.26 and later.

Stable: applicable to 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 as well.  File used to be called
net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c and diff should still apply with minor
fuzz.

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index c220bed..fe7deb6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -2348,6 +2348,7 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct net_device *dev,
 	u8 *pos;
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
 	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+	union iwreq_data wrqu;
 
 	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
 
@@ -2865,6 +2866,10 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct net_device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	memset(&wrqu, 0, sizeof(wrqu));
+	memcpy(wrqu.ap_addr.sa_data, bss->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
+	wireless_send_event(dev, SIOCGIWAP, &wrqu, NULL);
+
 	ieee80211_rx_bss_put(dev, bss);
 }
 

[PATCH v2] mac80211: send association event on IBSS create

[Dan Williams]

=EF=BB=BFOtherwise userspace has no idea the IBSS creation succeeded.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
-------------

John, please apply to 2.6.26 and later.

Stable: applicable to 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 as well.  File used to be calle=
d
net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c and diff should still apply with minor
fixup to the second hunk.

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index c220bed..73c66e0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -2348,6 +2348,7 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct net_dev=
ice *dev,
 	u8 *pos;
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
 	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+	union iwreq_data wrqu;
=20
 	sband =3D local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
=20
@@ -2491,6 +2492,10 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct net_de=
vice *dev,
 	ifsta->state =3D IEEE80211_IBSS_JOINED;
 	mod_timer(&ifsta->timer, jiffies + IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL);
=20
+	memset(&wrqu, 0, sizeof(wrqu));
+	memcpy(wrqu.ap_addr.sa_data, bss->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
+	wireless_send_event(dev, SIOCGIWAP, &wrqu, NULL);
+
 	return res;
 }
=20

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Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: send association event on IBSS create

[Johannes Berg]

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On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 23:39 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> Otherwise userspace has no idea the IBSS creation succeeded.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>

Looks ok to me, you're the wext expert :)

Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

> -------------
> 
> John, please apply to 2.6.26 and later.
> 
> Stable: applicable to 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 as well.  File used to be called
> net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c and diff should still apply with minor
> fixup to the second hunk.
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> index c220bed..73c66e0 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> @@ -2348,6 +2348,7 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct net_device *dev,
>  	u8 *pos;
>  	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
>  	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
> +	union iwreq_data wrqu;
>  
>  	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
>  
> @@ -2491,6 +2492,10 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct net_device *dev,
>  	ifsta->state = IEEE80211_IBSS_JOINED;
>  	mod_timer(&ifsta->timer, jiffies + IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL);
>  
> +	memset(&wrqu, 0, sizeof(wrqu));
> +	memcpy(wrqu.ap_addr.sa_data, bss->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
> +	wireless_send_event(dev, SIOCGIWAP, &wrqu, NULL);
> +
>  	return res;
>  }
>  
> 
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Re: [stable] [PATCH] mac80211: send association event on IBSS create

[Chris Wright]

* Dan Williams (dcbw@redhat.com) wrote:
> Otherwise userspace has no idea the IBSS creation succeeded.

Please resend when this hits upstream, and include the upstream commit
ID.  The easiest way to achieve this is to add "Cc: <stable@kernel.org>"
to the commit log so it gets routed to us upon commit upstream.

> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
> -------------
> 
> John, please apply to 2.6.26 and later.
> 
> Stable: applicable to 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 as well.  File used to be called
> net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c and diff should still apply with minor
> fuzz.