---

yaml
---
r: 300699
b: refs/heads/master
c: 4b6f1dd
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  300697: 8486fb7
  300695: c0b344a
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3edaf3e61fda3aa9ff8d38445bf92f2bec23bf63
+refs/heads/master: 4b6f1dd6a6faf4ed8d209bbd548e78b15e55aee8

trunk/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c

@@ -1789,7 +1789,8 @@ static int __init init_mac80211_hwsim(void)
 			    IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM |
 			    IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS |
 			    IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS |
-			    IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION;
+			    IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION |
+			    IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF;
 
 		hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_TDLS |
 				    WIPHY_FLAG_HAS_REMAIN_ON_CHANNEL;

trunk/include/net/mac80211.h

@@ -1175,6 +1175,10 @@ enum sta_notify_cmd {
  * @IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE: The device can do hw scan while
  *	being idle (i.e. mac80211 doesn't have to go idle-off during the
  *	the scan).
+ *
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF: The driver would like to be informed of
+ *	a virtual monitor interface when monitor interfaces are the only
+ *	active interfaces.
  */
 enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
 	IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL			= 1<<0,
@@ -1191,7 +1195,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
 	IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK			= 1<<11,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS		= 1<<12,
 	IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE			= 1<<13,
-	/* reuse bit 14 */
+	IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF			= 1<<14,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS		= 1<<15,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS		= 1<<16,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD			= 1<<17,

trunk/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h

@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ static inline int drv_add_interface(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	might_sleep();
 
 	if (WARN_ON(sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN ||
-		    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR))
+		    (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR &&
+		     !(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF))))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	trace_drv_add_interface(local, sdata);

trunk/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h

@@ -1100,6 +1100,9 @@ struct ieee80211_local {
 	struct net_device napi_dev;
 
 	struct napi_struct napi;
+
+	/* virtual monitor interface */
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data __rcu *monitor_sdata;
 };
 
 static inline struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *

trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c

@@ -169,6 +169,59 @@ void ieee80211_adjust_monitor_flags(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 #undef ADJUST
 }
 
+static int ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor(struct ieee80211_local *local)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (local->monitor_sdata)
+		return 0;
+
+	sdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*sdata) + local->hw.vif_data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sdata)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* set up data */
+	sdata->local = local;
+	sdata->vif.type = NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR;
+	snprintf(sdata->name, IFNAMSIZ, "%s-monitor",
+		 wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));
+
+	ret = drv_add_interface(local, sdata);
+	if (WARN_ON(ret)) {
+		/* ok .. stupid driver, it asked for this! */
+		kfree(sdata);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(local->monitor_sdata, sdata);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ieee80211_del_virtual_monitor(struct ieee80211_local *local)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+
+	if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF))
+		return;
+
+	sdata = rtnl_dereference(local->monitor_sdata);
+
+	if (!sdata)
+		return;
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(local->monitor_sdata, NULL);
+	synchronize_net();
+
+	drv_remove_interface(local, sdata);
+
+	kfree(sdata);
+}
+
 /*
  * NOTE: Be very careful when changing this function, it must NOT return
  * an error on interface type changes that have been pre-checked, so most
@@ -266,6 +319,12 @@ static int ieee80211_do_open(struct net_device *dev, bool coming_up)
 			break;
 		}
 
+		if (local->monitors == 0 && local->open_count == 0) {
+			res = ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor(local);
+			if (res)
+				goto err_stop;
+		}
+
 		/* must be before the call to ieee80211_configure_filter */
 		local->monitors++;
 		if (local->monitors == 1) {
@@ -280,6 +339,8 @@ static int ieee80211_do_open(struct net_device *dev, bool coming_up)
 		break;
 	default:
 		if (coming_up) {
+			ieee80211_del_virtual_monitor(local);
+
 			res = drv_add_interface(local, sdata);
 			if (res)
 				goto err_stop;
@@ -511,6 +572,7 @@ static void ieee80211_do_stop(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		if (local->monitors == 0) {
 			local->hw.conf.flags &= ~IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR;
 			hw_reconf_flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_MONITOR;
+			ieee80211_del_virtual_monitor(local);
 		}
 
 		ieee80211_adjust_monitor_flags(sdata, -1);
@@ -584,6 +646,9 @@ static void ieee80211_do_stop(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
+
+	if (local->monitors == local->open_count && local->monitors > 0)
+		ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor(local);
 }
 
 static int ieee80211_stop(struct net_device *dev)

trunk/net/mac80211/pm.c

@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ int __ieee80211_suspend(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct cfg80211_wowlan *wowlan)
 		drv_remove_interface(local, sdata);
 	}
 
+	sdata = rtnl_dereference(local->monitor_sdata);
+	if (sdata)
+		drv_remove_interface(local, sdata);
+
 	/* stop hardware - this must stop RX */
 	if (local->open_count)
 		ieee80211_stop_device(local);

trunk/net/mac80211/tx.c

@@ -1283,8 +1283,11 @@ static bool __ieee80211_tx(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 
 	switch (sdata->vif.type) {
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
-		sdata = NULL;
-		vif = NULL;
+		sdata = rcu_dereference(local->monitor_sdata);
+		if (sdata)
+			vif = &sdata->vif;
+		else
+			vif = NULL;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
 		sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,

trunk/net/mac80211/util.c

@@ -1223,6 +1223,16 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 				   IEEE80211_TPT_LEDTRIG_FL_RADIO, 0);
 
 	/* add interfaces */
+	sdata = rtnl_dereference(local->monitor_sdata);
+	if (sdata) {
+		res = drv_add_interface(local, sdata);
+		if (WARN_ON(res)) {
+			rcu_assign_pointer(local->monitor_sdata, NULL);
+			synchronize_net();
+			kfree(sdata);
+		}
+	}
+
 	list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
 		if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
 		    sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR &&