Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Update IBSS beacon timestamp properly

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

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On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 10:15 +0530, Sujith wrote:
> In IBSS mode, the beacon timestamp has to be filled with the
> BSS's timestamp when joining, and set to zero when creating
> a new BSS.

I don't quite understand why, do we read it out again at any point?

johannes

> Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/ibss.c |    8 +++++---
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
> index a96ce9d..f4becc1 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  				     const int freq,
>  				     const size_t supp_rates_len,
>  				     const u8 *supp_rates,
> -				     const u16 capability)
> +				     const u16 capability, u64 tsf)
>  {
>  	struct ieee80211_if_ibss *ifibss = &sdata->u.ibss;
>  	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
> @@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static int __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  	memcpy(mgmt->bssid, ifibss->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
>  	mgmt->u.beacon.beacon_int =
>  		cpu_to_le16(local->hw.conf.beacon_int);
> +	mgmt->u.beacon.timestamp = cpu_to_le64(tsf);
>  	mgmt->u.beacon.capab_info = cpu_to_le16(capability);
>  
>  	pos = skb_put(skb, 2 + ifibss->ssid_len);
> @@ -199,7 +200,8 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  					 bss->cbss.beacon_interval,
>  					 bss->cbss.channel->center_freq,
>  					 bss->supp_rates_len, bss->supp_rates,
> -					 bss->cbss.capability);
> +					 bss->cbss.capability,
> +					 bss->cbss.tsf);
>  }
>  
>  static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> @@ -502,7 +504,7 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_create_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
>  					 bssid, local->hw.conf.beacon_int,
>  					 local->hw.conf.channel->center_freq,
>  					 sband->n_bitrates, supp_rates,
> -					 capability);
> +					 capability, 0);
>  }
>  
>  static int ieee80211_sta_find_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)

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