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STRUCT WIRELESS_DEV(9) Device registration STRUCT WIRELESS_DEV(9)

NAME

struct_wireless_dev - wireless device state

SYNOPSIS

struct wireless_dev {
  struct wiphy * wiphy;
  enum nl80211_iftype iftype;
  struct list_head list;
  struct net_device * netdev;
  u32 identifier;
  struct list_head mgmt_registrations;
  spinlock_t mgmt_registrations_lock;
  struct mutex mtx;
  bool use_4addr;
  bool p2p_started;
  u8 address[ETH_ALEN];
  u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
  u8 ssid_len;
  u8 mesh_id_len;
  u8 mesh_id_up_len;
  struct cfg80211_conn * conn;
  struct cfg80211_cached_keys * connect_keys;
  struct list_head event_list;
  spinlock_t event_lock;
  struct cfg80211_internal_bss * current_bss;
  struct cfg80211_chan_def preset_chandef;
  struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
  bool ibss_fixed;
  bool ibss_dfs_possible;
  bool ps;
  int ps_timeout;
  int beacon_interval;
  u32 ap_unexpected_nlportid;
  bool cac_started;
  unsigned long cac_start_time;
  unsigned int cac_time_ms;
  u32 owner_nlportid;
#ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
  struct wext;
#endif
};

MEMBERS

wiphy
pointer to hardware description
iftype
interface type
list
(private) Used to collect the interfaces
netdev
(private) Used to reference back to the netdev, may be NULL
identifier
(private) Identifier used in nl80211 to identify this wireless device if it has no netdev
mgmt_registrations
list of registrations for management frames
mgmt_registrations_lock
lock for the list
mtx
mutex used to lock data in this struct, may be used by drivers and some API functions require it held
use_4addr
indicates 4addr mode is used on this interface, must be set by driver (if supported) on add_interface BEFORE registering the netdev and may otherwise be used by driver read-only, will be update by cfg80211 on change_interface
p2p_started
true if this is a P2P Device that has been started
address[ETH_ALEN]
The address for this device, valid only if netdev is NULL
ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN]
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
ssid_len
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
mesh_id_len
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
mesh_id_up_len
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
conn
(private) cfg80211 software SME connection state machine data
connect_keys
(private) keys to set after connection is established
event_list
(private) list for internal event processing
event_lock
(private) lock for event list
current_bss
(private) Used by the internal configuration code
preset_chandef
(private) Used by the internal configuration code to track the channel to be used for AP later
chandef
(private) Used by the internal configuration code to track the user-set channel definition.
ibss_fixed
(private) IBSS is using fixed BSSID
ibss_dfs_possible
(private) IBSS may change to a DFS channel
ps
powersave mode is enabled
ps_timeout
dynamic powersave timeout
beacon_interval
beacon interval used on this device for transmitting beacons, 0 when not valid
ap_unexpected_nlportid
(private) netlink port ID of application registered for unexpected class 3 frames (AP mode)
cac_started
true if DFS channel availability check has been started
cac_start_time
timestamp (jiffies) when the dfs state was entered.
cac_time_ms
CAC time in ms
owner_nlportid
(private) owner socket port ID
wext
(private) Used by the internal wireless extensions compat code

DESCRIPTION

For netdevs, this structure must be allocated by the driver that uses the ieee80211_ptr field in struct net_device (this is intentional so it can be allocated along with the netdev.) It need not be registered then as netdev registration will be intercepted by cfg80211 to see the new wireless device.
For non-netdev uses, it must also be allocated by the driver in response to the cfg80211 callbacks that require it, as there's no netdev registration in that case it may not be allocated outside of callback operations that return it.

AUTHOR

Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Author.

COPYRIGHT

February 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16