ath9k: Special processing for channel changes during scan

Allow mac80211-controlled channel changes on an active wiphy and
especially during a scan. We need this as long as the scan is
controlled by mac80211. Moving this control into the driver could
allow some optimizations on scanning while using multiple virtual
interfaces, but for now, try to work as well as possible with the
current scan mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
index bb6e1ddb4a57..626392241d43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ static int ath9k_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
         struct ath_tx_control txctl;
         int hdrlen, padsize;
 
-        if (aphy->state != ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE) {
+        if (aphy->state != ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE && aphy->state != ATH_WIPHY_SCAN) {
                 printk(KERN_DEBUG "ath9k: %s: TX in unexpected wiphy state "
                        "%d\n", wiphy_name(hw->wiphy), aphy->state);
                 goto exit;
@@ -2348,14 +2348,16 @@ static int ath9k_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
                 aphy->chan_idx = pos;
                 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. 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);
+                if (aphy->state == ATH_WIPHY_SCAN ||
+                    aphy->state == ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE)
+                        ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(sc, aphy);
+                else {
+                        /*
+                         * Do not change operational channel based on a paused
+                         * wiphy changes.
+                         */
+                        goto skip_chan_change;
+                }
 
                 DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "Set channel: %d MHz\n",
                         curchan->center_freq);
@@ -2372,6 +2374,7 @@ static int ath9k_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
                 }
         }
 
+skip_chan_change:
         if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER)
                 sc->config.txpowlimit = 2 * conf->power_level;
 
@@ -2731,6 +2734,19 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
         struct ath_wiphy *aphy = hw->priv;
         struct ath_softc *sc = aphy->sc;
 
+        if (ath9k_wiphy_scanning(sc)) {
+                printk(KERN_DEBUG "ath9k: Two wiphys trying to scan at the "
+                       "same time\n");
+                /*
+                 * Do not allow the concurrent scanning state for now. This
+                 * could be improved with scanning control moved into ath9k.
+                 */
+                return;
+        }
+
+        aphy->state = ATH_WIPHY_SCAN;
+        ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(sc, aphy);
+
         mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
         sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_SCANNING;
         mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
@@ -2742,6 +2758,7 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_complete(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
         struct ath_softc *sc = aphy->sc;
 
         mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
+        aphy->state = ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE;
         sc->sc_flags &= ~SC_OP_SCANNING;
         mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
 }