ath9k: Pause other virtual wiphys on channel change
For now, allow channel changes immediately and just force the other
virtual wiphys to paused state. This is needed to allow
mac80211-controlled scan to control channel changes.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
index cb9cb72..24373d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -710,5 +710,7 @@
int ath9k_wiphy_select(struct ath_wiphy *aphy);
void ath9k_wiphy_chan_work(struct work_struct *work);
bool ath9k_wiphy_started(struct ath_softc *sc);
+void ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(struct ath_softc *sc,
+ struct ath_wiphy *selected);
#endif /* ATH9K_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
index 7c20da3..9b5f214 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
@@ -2343,7 +2343,13 @@
aphy->chan_is_ht = conf_is_ht(conf);
/* TODO: do not change operation channel immediately if there
- * are other virtual wiphys that use another channel */
+ * are other virtual wiphys that use another channel. For now,
+ * we do the change immediately to allow mac80211-operated scan
+ * to work. Once the scan operation is moved into ath9k, we can
+ * just move the current aphy in PAUSED state if the channel is
+ * changed into something different from the current operation
+ * channel. */
+ ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(sc, aphy);
DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "Set channel: %d MHz\n",
curchan->center_freq);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/virtual.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/virtual.c
index b66aa24..6122f48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/virtual.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/virtual.c
@@ -496,3 +496,27 @@
spin_unlock_bh(&sc->wiphy_lock);
return false;
}
+
+static void ath9k_wiphy_pause_chan(struct ath_wiphy *aphy,
+ struct ath_wiphy *selected)
+{
+ if (aphy->chan_idx == selected->chan_idx)
+ return;
+ aphy->state = ATH_WIPHY_PAUSED;
+ ieee80211_stop_queues(aphy->hw);
+}
+
+void ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(struct ath_softc *sc,
+ struct ath_wiphy *selected)
+{
+ int i;
+ spin_lock_bh(&sc->wiphy_lock);
+ if (sc->pri_wiphy->state == ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE)
+ ath9k_wiphy_pause_chan(sc->pri_wiphy, selected);
+ for (i = 0; i < sc->num_sec_wiphy; i++) {
+ if (sc->sec_wiphy[i] &&
+ sc->sec_wiphy[i]->state == ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE)
+ ath9k_wiphy_pause_chan(sc->sec_wiphy[i], selected);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&sc->wiphy_lock);
+}