cfg80211/nl80211: add interval attribute for scheduled scans

Introduce NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL as a required attribute for
NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN.  This value informs the driver at which
intervals the scheduled scan cycles should be executed.

Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index f8b5595ba4af..281a2bb6a6ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -203,15 +203,17 @@
  * @NL80211_CMD_SCAN_ABORTED: scan was aborted, for unspecified reasons,
  *      partial scan results may be available
  *
- * @NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN: start a scheduled scan.  Like with normal
- *      scans, if SSIDs (%NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_SSIDS) are passed, they are used
- *      in the probe requests.  For broadcast, a broadcast SSID must be
- *      passed (ie. an empty string).  If no SSID is passed, no probe
- *      requests are sent and a passive scan is performed.
- *      %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES, if passed, define which channels
- *      should be scanned; if not passed, all channels allowed for the
- *      current regulatory domain are used.  Extra IEs can also be passed
- *      from the userspace by using the %NL80211_ATTR_IE attribute.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN: start a scheduled scan at certain
+ *      intervals, as specified by %NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL.
+ *      Like with normal scans, if SSIDs (%NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_SSIDS)
+ *      are passed, they are used in the probe requests.  For
+ *      broadcast, a broadcast SSID must be passed (ie. an empty
+ *      string).  If no SSID is passed, no probe requests are sent and
+ *      a passive scan is performed.  %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES,
+ *      if passed, define which channels should be scanned; if not
+ *      passed, all channels allowed for the current regulatory domain
+ *      are used.  Extra IEs can also be passed from the userspace by
+ *      using the %NL80211_ATTR_IE attribute.
  * @NL80211_CMD_STOP_SCHED_SCAN: stop a scheduled scan
  * @NL80211_CMD_SCHED_SCAN_RESULTS: indicates that there are scheduled scan
  *      results available.
@@ -948,6 +950,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *      indicate which WoW triggers should be enabled. This is also
  *      used by %NL80211_CMD_GET_WOWLAN to get the currently enabled WoWLAN
  *      triggers.
+
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL: Interval between scheduled scan
+ *      cycles, in msecs.
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -1142,6 +1147,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
         NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS,
         NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED,
 
+        NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL,
+
         /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
         __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index e214c85b74d2..1f1e221b6ce3 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ struct cfg80211_scan_request {
  * @ssids: SSIDs to scan for (passed in the probe_reqs in active scans)
  * @n_ssids: number of SSIDs
  * @n_channels: total number of channels to scan
+ * @interval: interval between each scheduled scan cycle
  * @ie: optional information element(s) to add into Probe Request or %NULL
  * @ie_len: length of ie in octets
  * @wiphy: the wiphy this was for
@@ -839,6 +840,7 @@ struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request {
         struct cfg80211_ssid *ssids;
         int n_ssids;
         u32 n_channels;
+        u32 interval;
         const u8 *ie;
         size_t ie_len;