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  1. /*
  2. * This file define the new driver API for Wireless Extensions
  3. *
  4. * Version : 5 4.12.02
  5. *
  6. * Authors : Jean Tourrilhes - HPL - <jt@hpl.hp.com>
  7. * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Jean Tourrilhes, All Rights Reserved.
  8. */
  9. #ifndef _IW_HANDLER_H
  10. #define _IW_HANDLER_H
  11. /************************** DOCUMENTATION **************************/
  12. /*
  13. * Initial driver API (1996 -> onward) :
  14. * -----------------------------------
  15. * The initial API just sends the IOCTL request received from user space
  16. * to the driver (via the driver ioctl handler). The driver has to
  17. * handle all the rest...
  18. *
  19. * The initial API also defines a specific handler in struct net_device
  20. * to handle wireless statistics.
  21. *
  22. * The initial APIs served us well and has proven a reasonably good design.
  23. * However, there is a few shortcommings :
  24. * o No events, everything is a request to the driver.
  25. * o Large ioctl function in driver with gigantic switch statement
  26. * (i.e. spaghetti code).
  27. * o Driver has to mess up with copy_to/from_user, and in many cases
  28. * does it unproperly. Common mistakes are :
  29. * * buffer overflows (no checks or off by one checks)
  30. * * call copy_to/from_user with irq disabled
  31. * o The user space interface is tied to ioctl because of the use
  32. * copy_to/from_user.
  33. *
  34. * New driver API (2002 -> onward) :
  35. * -------------------------------
  36. * The new driver API is just a bunch of standard functions (handlers),
  37. * each handling a specific Wireless Extension. The driver just export
  38. * the list of handler it supports, and those will be called apropriately.
  39. *
  40. * I tried to keep the main advantage of the previous API (simplicity,
  41. * efficiency and light weight), and also I provide a good dose of backward
  42. * compatibility (most structures are the same, driver can use both API
  43. * simultaneously, ...).
  44. * Hopefully, I've also addressed the shortcomming of the initial API.
  45. *
  46. * The advantage of the new API are :
  47. * o Handling of Extensions in driver broken in small contained functions
  48. * o Tighter checks of ioctl before calling the driver
  49. * o Flexible commit strategy (at least, the start of it)
  50. * o Backward compatibility (can be mixed with old API)
  51. * o Driver doesn't have to worry about memory and user-space issues
  52. * The last point is important for the following reasons :
  53. * o You are now able to call the new driver API from any API you
  54. * want (including from within other parts of the kernel).
  55. * o Common mistakes are avoided (buffer overflow, user space copy
  56. * with irq disabled and so on).
  57. *
  58. * The Drawback of the new API are :
  59. * o bloat (especially kernel)
  60. * o need to migrate existing drivers to new API
  61. * My initial testing shows that the new API adds around 3kB to the kernel
  62. * and save between 0 and 5kB from a typical driver.
  63. * Also, as all structures and data types are unchanged, the migration is
  64. * quite straightforward (but tedious).
  65. *
  66. * ---
  67. *
  68. * The new driver API is defined below in this file. User space should
  69. * not be aware of what's happening down there...
  70. *
  71. * A new kernel wrapper is in charge of validating the IOCTLs and calling
  72. * the appropriate driver handler. This is implemented in :
  73. * # net/core/wireless.c
  74. *
  75. * The driver export the list of handlers in :
  76. * # include/linux/netdevice.h (one place)
  77. *
  78. * The new driver API is available for WIRELESS_EXT >= 13.
  79. * Good luck with migration to the new API ;-)
  80. */
  81. /* ---------------------- THE IMPLEMENTATION ---------------------- */
  82. /*
  83. * Some of the choice I've made are pretty controversials. Defining an
  84. * API is very much weighting compromises. This goes into some of the
  85. * details and the thinking behind the implementation.
  86. *
  87. * Implementation goals :
  88. * --------------------
  89. * The implementation goals were as follow :
  90. * o Obvious : you should not need a PhD to understand what's happening,
  91. * the benefit is easier maintainance.
  92. * o Flexible : it should accommodate a wide variety of driver
  93. * implementations and be as flexible as the old API.
  94. * o Lean : it should be efficient memory wise to minimise the impact
  95. * on kernel footprint.
  96. * o Transparent to user space : the large number of user space
  97. * applications that use Wireless Extensions should not need
  98. * any modifications.
  99. *
  100. * Array of functions versus Struct of functions
  101. * ---------------------------------------------
  102. * 1) Having an array of functions allow the kernel code to access the
  103. * handler in a single lookup, which is much more efficient (think hash
  104. * table here).
  105. * 2) The only drawback is that driver writer may put their handler in
  106. * the wrong slot. This is trivial to test (I set the frequency, the
  107. * bitrate changes). Once the handler is in the proper slot, it will be
  108. * there forever, because the array is only extended at the end.
  109. * 3) Backward/forward compatibility : adding new handler just require
  110. * extending the array, so you can put newer driver in older kernel
  111. * without having to patch the kernel code (and vice versa).
  112. *
  113. * All handler are of the same generic type
  114. * ----------------------------------------
  115. * That's a feature !!!
  116. * 1) Having a generic handler allow to have generic code, which is more
  117. * efficient. If each of the handler was individually typed I would need
  118. * to add a big switch in the kernel (== more bloat). This solution is
  119. * more scalable, adding new Wireless Extensions doesn't add new code.
  120. * 2) You can use the same handler in different slots of the array. For
  121. * hardware, it may be more efficient or logical to handle multiple
  122. * Wireless Extensions with a single function, and the API allow you to
  123. * do that. (An example would be a single record on the card to control
  124. * both bitrate and frequency, the handler would read the old record,
  125. * modify it according to info->cmd and rewrite it).
  126. *
  127. * Functions prototype uses union iwreq_data
  128. * -----------------------------------------
  129. * Some would have prefered functions defined this way :
  130. * static int mydriver_ioctl_setrate(struct net_device *dev,
  131. * long rate, int auto)
  132. * 1) The kernel code doesn't "validate" the content of iwreq_data, and
  133. * can't do it (different hardware may have different notion of what a
  134. * valid frequency is), so we don't pretend that we do it.
  135. * 2) The above form is not extendable. If I want to add a flag (for
  136. * example to distinguish setting max rate and basic rate), I would
  137. * break the prototype. Using iwreq_data is more flexible.
  138. * 3) Also, the above form is not generic (see above).
  139. * 4) I don't expect driver developper using the wrong field of the
  140. * union (Doh !), so static typechecking doesn't add much value.
  141. * 5) Lastly, you can skip the union by doing :
  142. * static int mydriver_ioctl_setrate(struct net_device *dev,
  143. * struct iw_request_info *info,
  144. * struct iw_param *rrq,
  145. * char *extra)
  146. * And then adding the handler in the array like this :
  147. * (iw_handler) mydriver_ioctl_setrate, // SIOCSIWRATE
  148. *
  149. * Using functions and not a registry
  150. * ----------------------------------
  151. * Another implementation option would have been for every instance to
  152. * define a registry (a struct containing all the Wireless Extensions)
  153. * and only have a function to commit the registry to the hardware.
  154. * 1) This approach can be emulated by the current code, but not
  155. * vice versa.
  156. * 2) Some drivers don't keep any configuration in the driver, for them
  157. * adding such a registry would be a significant bloat.
  158. * 3) The code to translate from Wireless Extension to native format is
  159. * needed anyway, so it would not reduce significantely the amount of code.
  160. * 4) The current approach only selectively translate Wireless Extensions
  161. * to native format and only selectively set, whereas the registry approach
  162. * would require to translate all WE and set all parameters for any single
  163. * change.
  164. * 5) For many Wireless Extensions, the GET operation return the current
  165. * dynamic value, not the value that was set.
  166. *
  167. * This header is <net/iw_handler.h>
  168. * ---------------------------------
  169. * 1) This header is kernel space only and should not be exported to
  170. * user space. Headers in "include/linux/" are exported, headers in
  171. * "include/net/" are not.
  172. *
  173. * Mixed 32/64 bit issues
  174. * ----------------------
  175. * The Wireless Extensions are designed to be 64 bit clean, by using only
  176. * datatypes with explicit storage size.
  177. * There are some issues related to kernel and user space using different
  178. * memory model, and in particular 64bit kernel with 32bit user space.
  179. * The problem is related to struct iw_point, that contains a pointer
  180. * that *may* need to be translated.
  181. * This is quite messy. The new API doesn't solve this problem (it can't),
  182. * but is a step in the right direction :
  183. * 1) Meta data about each ioctl is easily available, so we know what type
  184. * of translation is needed.
  185. * 2) The move of data between kernel and user space is only done in a single
  186. * place in the kernel, so adding specific hooks in there is possible.
  187. * 3) In the long term, it allows to move away from using ioctl as the
  188. * user space API.
  189. *
  190. * So many comments and so few code
  191. * --------------------------------
  192. * That's a feature. Comments won't bloat the resulting kernel binary.
  193. */
  194. /***************************** INCLUDES *****************************/
  195. #include <linux/wireless.h> /* IOCTL user space API */
  196. /***************************** VERSION *****************************/
  197. /*
  198. * This constant is used to know which version of the driver API is
  199. * available. Hopefully, this will be pretty stable and no changes
  200. * will be needed...
  201. * I just plan to increment with each new version.
  202. */
  203. #define IW_HANDLER_VERSION 5
  204. /*
  205. * Changes :
  206. *
  207. * V2 to V3
  208. * --------
  209. * - Move event definition in <linux/wireless.h>
  210. * - Add Wireless Event support :
  211. * o wireless_send_event() prototype
  212. * o iwe_stream_add_event/point() inline functions
  213. * V3 to V4
  214. * --------
  215. * - Reshuffle IW_HEADER_TYPE_XXX to map IW_PRIV_TYPE_XXX changes
  216. *
  217. * V4 to V5
  218. * --------
  219. * - Add new spy support : struct iw_spy_data & prototypes
  220. */
  221. /**************************** CONSTANTS ****************************/
  222. /* Enable enhanced spy support. Disable to reduce footprint */
  223. #define IW_WIRELESS_SPY
  224. #define IW_WIRELESS_THRSPY
  225. /* Special error message for the driver to indicate that we
  226. * should do a commit after return from the iw_handler */
  227. #define EIWCOMMIT EINPROGRESS
  228. /* Flags available in struct iw_request_info */
  229. #define IW_REQUEST_FLAG_NONE 0x0000 /* No flag so far */
  230. /* Type of headers we know about (basically union iwreq_data) */
  231. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_NULL 0 /* Not available */
  232. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_CHAR 2 /* char [IFNAMSIZ] */
  233. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_UINT 4 /* __u32 */
  234. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_FREQ 5 /* struct iw_freq */
  235. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_ADDR 6 /* struct sockaddr */
  236. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT 8 /* struct iw_point */
  237. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_PARAM 9 /* struct iw_param */
  238. #define IW_HEADER_TYPE_QUAL 10 /* struct iw_quality */
  239. /* Handling flags */
  240. /* Most are not implemented. I just use them as a reminder of some
  241. * cool features we might need one day ;-) */
  242. #define IW_DESCR_FLAG_NONE 0x0000 /* Obvious */
  243. /* Wrapper level flags */
  244. #define IW_DESCR_FLAG_DUMP 0x0001 /* Not part of the dump command */
  245. #define IW_DESCR_FLAG_EVENT 0x0002 /* Generate an event on SET */
  246. #define IW_DESCR_FLAG_RESTRICT 0x0004 /* GET : request is ROOT only */
  247. /* SET : Omit payload from generated iwevent */
  248. /* Driver level flags */
  249. #define IW_DESCR_FLAG_WAIT 0x0100 /* Wait for driver event */
  250. /****************************** TYPES ******************************/
  251. /* ----------------------- WIRELESS HANDLER ----------------------- */
  252. /*
  253. * A wireless handler is just a standard function, that looks like the
  254. * ioctl handler.
  255. * We also define there how a handler list look like... As the Wireless
  256. * Extension space is quite dense, we use a simple array, which is faster
  257. * (that's the perfect hash table ;-).
  258. */
  259. /*
  260. * Meta data about the request passed to the iw_handler.
  261. * Most handlers can safely ignore what's in there.
  262. * The 'cmd' field might come handy if you want to use the same handler
  263. * for multiple command...
  264. * This struct is also my long term insurance. I can add new fields here
  265. * without breaking the prototype of iw_handler...
  266. */
  267. struct iw_request_info
  268. {
  269. __u16 cmd; /* Wireless Extension command */
  270. __u16 flags; /* More to come ;-) */
  271. };
  272. /*
  273. * This is how a function handling a Wireless Extension should look
  274. * like (both get and set, standard and private).
  275. */
  276. typedef int (*iw_handler)(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
  277. union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra);
  278. /*
  279. * This define all the handler that the driver export.
  280. * As you need only one per driver type, please use a static const
  281. * shared by all driver instances... Same for the members...
  282. * This will be linked from net_device in <linux/netdevice.h>
  283. */
  284. struct iw_handler_def
  285. {
  286. /* Number of handlers defined (more precisely, index of the
  287. * last defined handler + 1) */
  288. __u16 num_standard;
  289. __u16 num_private;
  290. /* Number of private arg description */
  291. __u16 num_private_args;
  292. /* Array of handlers for standard ioctls
  293. * We will call dev->wireless_handlers->standard[ioctl - SIOCSIWNAME]
  294. */
  295. iw_handler * standard;
  296. /* Array of handlers for private ioctls
  297. * Will call dev->wireless_handlers->private[ioctl - SIOCIWFIRSTPRIV]
  298. */
  299. iw_handler * private;
  300. /* Arguments of private handler. This one is just a list, so you
  301. * can put it in any order you want and should not leave holes...
  302. * We will automatically export that to user space... */
  303. struct iw_priv_args * private_args;
  304. /* Driver enhanced spy support */
  305. long spy_offset; /* Spy data offset */
  306. /* In the long term, get_wireless_stats will move from
  307. * 'struct net_device' to here, to minimise bloat. */
  308. };
  309. /* ---------------------- IOCTL DESCRIPTION ---------------------- */
  310. /*
  311. * One of the main goal of the new interface is to deal entirely with
  312. * user space/kernel space memory move.
  313. * For that, we need to know :
  314. * o if iwreq is a pointer or contain the full data
  315. * o what is the size of the data to copy
  316. *
  317. * For private IOCTLs, we use the same rules as used by iwpriv and
  318. * defined in struct iw_priv_args.
  319. *
  320. * For standard IOCTLs, things are quite different and we need to
  321. * use the stuctures below. Actually, this struct is also more
  322. * efficient, but that's another story...
  323. */
  324. /*
  325. * Describe how a standard IOCTL looks like.
  326. */
  327. struct iw_ioctl_description
  328. {
  329. __u8 header_type; /* NULL, iw_point or other */
  330. __u8 token_type; /* Future */
  331. __u16 token_size; /* Granularity of payload */
  332. __u16 min_tokens; /* Min acceptable token number */
  333. __u16 max_tokens; /* Max acceptable token number */
  334. __u32 flags; /* Special handling of the request */
  335. };
  336. /* Need to think of short header translation table. Later. */
  337. /* --------------------- ENHANCED SPY SUPPORT --------------------- */
  338. /*
  339. * In the old days, the driver was handling spy support all by itself.
  340. * Now, the driver can delegate this task to Wireless Extensions.
  341. * It needs to include this struct in its private part and use the
  342. * standard spy iw_handler.
  343. */
  344. /*
  345. * Instance specific spy data, i.e. addresses spied and quality for them.
  346. */
  347. struct iw_spy_data
  348. {
  349. #ifdef IW_WIRELESS_SPY
  350. /* --- Standard spy support --- */
  351. int spy_number;
  352. u_char spy_address[IW_MAX_SPY][ETH_ALEN];
  353. struct iw_quality spy_stat[IW_MAX_SPY];
  354. #ifdef IW_WIRELESS_THRSPY
  355. /* --- Enhanced spy support (event) */
  356. struct iw_quality spy_thr_low; /* Low threshold */
  357. struct iw_quality spy_thr_high; /* High threshold */
  358. u_char spy_thr_under[IW_MAX_SPY];
  359. #endif /* IW_WIRELESS_THRSPY */
  360. #endif /* IW_WIRELESS_SPY */
  361. };
  362. /**************************** PROTOTYPES ****************************/
  363. /*
  364. * Functions part of the Wireless Extensions (defined in net/core/wireless.c).
  365. * Those may be called only within the kernel.
  366. */
  367. /* First : function strictly used inside the kernel */
  368. /* Handle /proc/net/wireless, called in net/code/dev.c */
  369. extern int dev_get_wireless_info(char * buffer, char **start, off_t offset,
  370. int length);
  371. /* Handle IOCTLs, called in net/code/dev.c */
  372. extern int wireless_process_ioctl(struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd);
  373. /* Second : functions that may be called by driver modules */
  374. /* Send a single event to user space */
  375. extern void wireless_send_event(struct net_device * dev,
  376. unsigned int cmd,
  377. union iwreq_data * wrqu,
  378. char * extra);
  379. /* We may need a function to send a stream of events to user space.
  380. * More on that later... */
  381. /* Standard handler for SIOCSIWSPY */
  382. extern int iw_handler_set_spy(struct net_device * dev,
  383. struct iw_request_info * info,
  384. union iwreq_data * wrqu,
  385. char * extra);
  386. /* Standard handler for SIOCGIWSPY */
  387. extern int iw_handler_get_spy(struct net_device * dev,
  388. struct iw_request_info * info,
  389. union iwreq_data * wrqu,
  390. char * extra);
  391. /* Standard handler for SIOCSIWTHRSPY */
  392. extern int iw_handler_set_thrspy(struct net_device * dev,
  393. struct iw_request_info *info,
  394. union iwreq_data * wrqu,
  395. char * extra);
  396. /* Standard handler for SIOCGIWTHRSPY */
  397. extern int iw_handler_get_thrspy(struct net_device * dev,
  398. struct iw_request_info *info,
  399. union iwreq_data * wrqu,
  400. char * extra);
  401. /* Driver call to update spy records */
  402. extern void wireless_spy_update(struct net_device * dev,
  403. unsigned char * address,
  404. struct iw_quality * wstats);
  405. /************************* INLINE FUNTIONS *************************/
  406. /*
  407. * Function that are so simple that it's more efficient inlining them
  408. */
  409. /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
  410. /*
  411. * Wrapper to add an Wireless Event to a stream of events.
  412. */
  413. static inline char *
  414. iwe_stream_add_event(char * stream, /* Stream of events */
  415. char * ends, /* End of stream */
  416. struct iw_event *iwe, /* Payload */
  417. int event_len) /* Real size of payload */
  418. {
  419. /* Check if it's possible */
  420. if((stream + event_len) < ends) {
  421. iwe->len = event_len;
  422. memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, event_len);
  423. stream += event_len;
  424. }
  425. return stream;
  426. }
  427. /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
  428. /*
  429. * Wrapper to add an short Wireless Event containing a pointer to a
  430. * stream of events.
  431. */
  432. static inline char *
  433. iwe_stream_add_point(char * stream, /* Stream of events */
  434. char * ends, /* End of stream */
  435. struct iw_event *iwe, /* Payload */
  436. char * extra)
  437. {
  438. int event_len = IW_EV_POINT_LEN + iwe->u.data.length;
  439. /* Check if it's possible */
  440. if((stream + event_len) < ends) {
  441. iwe->len = event_len;
  442. memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_POINT_LEN);
  443. memcpy(stream + IW_EV_POINT_LEN, extra, iwe->u.data.length);
  444. stream += event_len;
  445. }
  446. return stream;
  447. }
  448. /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
  449. /*
  450. * Wrapper to add a value to a Wireless Event in a stream of events.
  451. * Be careful, this one is tricky to use properly :
  452. * At the first run, you need to have (value = event + IW_EV_LCP_LEN).
  453. */
  454. static inline char *
  455. iwe_stream_add_value(char * event, /* Event in the stream */
  456. char * value, /* Value in event */
  457. char * ends, /* End of stream */
  458. struct iw_event *iwe, /* Payload */
  459. int event_len) /* Real size of payload */
  460. {
  461. /* Don't duplicate LCP */
  462. event_len -= IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
  463. /* Check if it's possible */
  464. if((value + event_len) < ends) {
  465. /* Add new value */
  466. memcpy(value, (char *) iwe + IW_EV_LCP_LEN, event_len);
  467. value += event_len;
  468. /* Patch LCP */
  469. iwe->len = value - event;
  470. memcpy(event, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_LCP_LEN);
  471. }
  472. return value;
  473. }
  474. #endif /* _IW_HANDLER_H */