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   1/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
   2/*
   3 * Linux WiMAX
   4 * Kernel space API for accessing WiMAX devices
   5 *
   6 * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Intel Corporation <linux-wimax@intel.com>
   7 * Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@intel.com>
   8 *
   9 * The WiMAX stack provides an API for controlling and managing the
  10 * system's WiMAX devices. This API affects the control plane; the
  11 * data plane is accessed via the network stack (netdev).
  12 *
  13 * Parts of the WiMAX stack API and notifications are exported to
  14 * user space via Generic Netlink. In user space, libwimax (part of
  15 * the wimax-tools package) provides a shim layer for accessing those
  16 * calls.
  17 *
  18 * The API is standarized for all WiMAX devices and different drivers
  19 * implement the backend support for it. However, device-specific
  20 * messaging pipes are provided that can be used to issue commands and
  21 * receive notifications in free form.
  22 *
  23 * Currently the messaging pipes are the only means of control as it
  24 * is not known (due to the lack of more devices in the market) what
  25 * will be a good abstraction layer. Expect this to change as more
  26 * devices show in the market. This API is designed to be growable in
  27 * order to address this problem.
  28 *
  29 * USAGE
  30 *
  31 * Embed a `struct wimax_dev` at the beginning of the the device's
  32 * private structure, initialize and register it. For details, see
  33 * `struct wimax_dev`s documentation.
  34 *
  35 * Once this is done, wimax-tools's libwimaxll can be used to
  36 * communicate with the driver from user space. You user space
  37 * application does not have to forcibily use libwimaxll and can talk
  38 * the generic netlink protocol directly if desired.
  39 *
  40 * Remember this is a very low level API that will to provide all of
  41 * WiMAX features. Other daemons and services running in user space
  42 * are the expected clients of it. They offer a higher level API that
  43 * applications should use (an example of this is the Intel's WiMAX
  44 * Network Service for the i2400m).
  45 *
  46 * DESIGN
  47 *
  48 * Although not set on final stone, this very basic interface is
  49 * mostly completed. Remember this is meant to grow as new common
  50 * operations are decided upon. New operations will be added to the
  51 * interface, intent being on keeping backwards compatibility as much
  52 * as possible.
  53 *
  54 * This layer implements a set of calls to control a WiMAX device,
  55 * exposing a frontend to the rest of the kernel and user space (via
  56 * generic netlink) and a backend implementation in the driver through
  57 * function pointers.
  58 *
  59 * WiMAX devices have a state, and a kernel-only API allows the
  60 * drivers to manipulate that state. State transitions are atomic, and
  61 * only some of them are allowed (see `enum wimax_st`).
  62 *
  63 * Most API calls will set the state automatically; in most cases
  64 * drivers have to only report state changes due to external
  65 * conditions.
  66 *
  67 * All API operations are 'atomic', serialized through a mutex in the
  68 * `struct wimax_dev`.
  69 *
  70 * EXPORTING TO USER SPACE THROUGH GENERIC NETLINK
  71 *
  72 * The API is exported to user space using generic netlink (other
  73 * methods can be added as needed).
  74 *
  75 * There is a Generic Netlink Family named "WiMAX", where interfaces
  76 * supporting the WiMAX interface receive commands and broadcast their
  77 * signals over a multicast group named "msg".
  78 *
  79 * Mapping to the source/destination interface is done by an interface
  80 * index attribute.
  81 *
  82 * For user-to-kernel traffic (commands) we use a function call
  83 * marshalling mechanism, where a message X with attributes A, B, C
  84 * sent from user space to kernel space means executing the WiMAX API
  85 * call wimax_X(A, B, C), sending the results back as a message.
  86 *
  87 * Kernel-to-user (notifications or signals) communication is sent
  88 * over multicast groups. This allows to have multiple applications
  89 * monitoring them.
  90 *
  91 * Each command/signal gets assigned it's own attribute policy. This
  92 * way the validator will verify that all the attributes in there are
  93 * only the ones that should be for each command/signal. Thing of an
  94 * attribute mapping to a type+argumentname for each command/signal.
  95 *
  96 * If we had a single policy for *all* commands/signals, after running
  97 * the validator we'd have to check "does this attribute belong in
  98 * here"?  for each one. It can be done manually, but it's just easier
  99 * to have the validator do that job with multiple policies. As well,
 100 * it makes it easier to later expand each command/signal signature
 101 * without affecting others and keeping the namespace more or less
 102 * sane. Not that it is too complicated, but it makes it even easier.
 103 *
 104 * No state information is maintained in the kernel for each user
 105 * space connection (the connection is stateless).
 106 *
 107 * TESTING FOR THE INTERFACE AND VERSIONING
 108 *
 109 * If network interface X is a WiMAX device, there will be a Generic
 110 * Netlink family named "WiMAX X" and the device will present a
 111 * "wimax" directory in it's network sysfs directory
 112 * (/sys/class/net/DEVICE/wimax) [used by HAL].
 113 *
 114 * The inexistence of any of these means the device does not support
 115 * this WiMAX API.
 116 *
 117 * By querying the generic netlink controller, versioning information
 118 * and the multicast groups available can be found. Applications using
 119 * the interface can either rely on that or use the generic netlink
 120 * controller to figure out which generic netlink commands/signals are
 121 * supported.
 122 *
 123 * NOTE: this versioning is a last resort to avoid hard
 124 *    incompatibilities. It is the intention of the design of this
 125 *    stack not to introduce backward incompatible changes.
 126 *
 127 * The version code has to fit in one byte (restrictions imposed by
 128 * generic netlink); we use `version / 10` for the major version and
 129 * `version % 10` for the minor. This gives 9 minors for each major
 130 * and 25 majors.
 131 *
 132 * The version change protocol is as follow:
 133 *
 134 * - Major versions: needs to be increased if an existing message/API
 135 *   call is changed or removed. Doesn't need to be changed if a new
 136 *   message is added.
 137 *
 138 * - Minor version: needs to be increased if new messages/API calls are
 139 *   being added or some other consideration that doesn't impact the
 140 *   user-kernel interface too much (like some kind of bug fix) and
 141 *   that is kind of left up in the air to common sense.
 142 *
 143 * User space code should not try to work if the major version it was
 144 * compiled for differs from what the kernel offers. As well, if the
 145 * minor version of the kernel interface is lower than the one user
 146 * space is expecting (the one it was compiled for), the kernel
 147 * might be missing API calls; user space shall be ready to handle
 148 * said condition. Use the generic netlink controller operations to
 149 * find which ones are supported and which not.
 150 *
 151 * libwimaxll:wimaxll_open() takes care of checking versions.
 152 *
 153 * THE OPERATIONS:
 154 *
 155 * Each operation is defined in its on file (drivers/net/wimax/op-*.c)
 156 * for clarity. The parts needed for an operation are:
 157 *
 158 *  - a function pointer in `struct wimax_dev`: optional, as the
 159 *    operation might be implemented by the stack and not by the
 160 *    driver.
 161 *
 162 *    All function pointers are named wimax_dev->op_*(), and drivers
 163 *    must implement them except where noted otherwise.
 164 *
 165 *  - When exported to user space, a `struct nla_policy` to define the
 166 *    attributes of the generic netlink command and a `struct genl_ops`
 167 *    to define the operation.
 168 *
 169 * All the declarations for the operation codes (WIMAX_GNL_OP_<NAME>)
 170 * and generic netlink attributes (WIMAX_GNL_<NAME>_*) are declared in
 171 * include/linux/wimax.h; this file is intended to be cloned by user
 172 * space to gain access to those declarations.
 173 *
 174 * A few caveats to remember:
 175 *
 176 *  - Need to define attribute numbers starting in 1; otherwise it
 177 *    fails.
 178 *
 179 *  - the `struct genl_family` requires a maximum attribute id; when
 180 *    defining the `struct nla_policy` for each message, it has to have
 181 *    an array size of WIMAX_GNL_ATTR_MAX+1.
 182 *
 183 * The op_*() function pointers will not be called if the wimax_dev is
 184 * in a state <= %WIMAX_ST_UNINITIALIZED. The exception is:
 185 *
 186 * - op_reset: can be called at any time after wimax_dev_add() has
 187 *   been called.
 188 *
 189 * THE PIPE INTERFACE:
 190 *
 191 * This interface is kept intentionally simple. The driver can send
 192 * and receive free-form messages to/from user space through a
 193 * pipe. See drivers/net/wimax/op-msg.c for details.
 194 *
 195 * The kernel-to-user messages are sent with
 196 * wimax_msg(). user-to-kernel messages are delivered via
 197 * wimax_dev->op_msg_from_user().
 198 *
 199 * RFKILL:
 200 *
 201 * RFKILL support is built into the wimax_dev layer; the driver just
 202 * needs to call wimax_report_rfkill_{hw,sw}() to inform of changes in
 203 * the hardware or software RF kill switches. When the stack wants to
 204 * turn the radio off, it will call wimax_dev->op_rfkill_sw_toggle(),
 205 * which the driver implements.
 206 *
 207 * User space can set the software RF Kill switch by calling
 208 * wimax_rfkill().
 209 *
 210 * The code for now only supports devices that don't require polling;
 211 * If the device needs to be polled, create a self-rearming delayed
 212 * work struct for polling or look into adding polled support to the
 213 * WiMAX stack.
 214 *
 215 * When initializing the hardware (_probe), after calling
 216 * wimax_dev_add(), query the device for it's RF Kill switches status
 217 * and feed it back to the WiMAX stack using
 218 * wimax_report_rfkill_{hw,sw}(). If any switch is missing, always
 219 * report it as ON.
 220 *
 221 * NOTE: the wimax stack uses an inverted terminology to that of the
 222 * RFKILL subsystem:
 223 *
 224 *  - ON: radio is ON, RFKILL is DISABLED or OFF.
 225 *  - OFF: radio is OFF, RFKILL is ENABLED or ON.
 226 *
 227 * MISCELLANEOUS OPS:
 228 *
 229 * wimax_reset() can be used to reset the device to power on state; by
 230 * default it issues a warm reset that maintains the same device
 231 * node. If that is not possible, it falls back to a cold reset
 232 * (device reconnect). The driver implements the backend to this
 233 * through wimax_dev->op_reset().
 234 */
 235
 236#ifndef __NET__WIMAX_H__
 237#define __NET__WIMAX_H__
 238
 239#include <linux/wimax.h>
 240#include <net/genetlink.h>
 241#include <linux/netdevice.h>
 242
 243struct net_device;
 244struct genl_info;
 245struct wimax_dev;
 246
 247/**
 248 * struct wimax_dev - Generic WiMAX device
 249 *
 250 * @net_dev: [fill] Pointer to the &struct net_device this WiMAX
 251 *     device implements.
 252 *
 253 * @op_msg_from_user: [fill] Driver-specific operation to
 254 *     handle a raw message from user space to the driver. The
 255 *     driver can send messages to user space using with
 256 *     wimax_msg_to_user().
 257 *
 258 * @op_rfkill_sw_toggle: [fill] Driver-specific operation to act on
 259 *     userspace (or any other agent) requesting the WiMAX device to
 260 *     change the RF Kill software switch (WIMAX_RF_ON or
 261 *     WIMAX_RF_OFF).
 262 *     If such hardware support is not present, it is assumed the
 263 *     radio cannot be switched off and it is always on (and the stack
 264 *     will error out when trying to switch it off). In such case,
 265 *     this function pointer can be left as NULL.
 266 *
 267 * @op_reset: [fill] Driver specific operation to reset the
 268 *     device.
 269 *     This operation should always attempt first a warm reset that
 270 *     does not disconnect the device from the bus and return 0.
 271 *     If that fails, it should resort to some sort of cold or bus
 272 *     reset (even if it implies a bus disconnection and device
 273 *     disappearance). In that case, -ENODEV should be returned to
 274 *     indicate the device is gone.
 275 *     This operation has to be synchronous, and return only when the
 276 *     reset is complete. In case of having had to resort to bus/cold
 277 *     reset implying a device disconnection, the call is allowed to
 278 *     return immediately.
 279 *     NOTE: wimax_dev->mutex is NOT locked when this op is being
 280 *     called; however, wimax_dev->mutex_reset IS locked to ensure
 281 *     serialization of calls to wimax_reset().
 282 *     See wimax_reset()'s documentation.
 283 *
 284 * @name: [fill] A way to identify this device. We need to register a
 285 *     name with many subsystems (rfkill, workqueue creation, etc).
 286 *     We can't use the network device name as that
 287 *     might change and in some instances we don't know it yet (until
 288 *     we don't call register_netdev()). So we generate an unique one
 289 *     using the driver name and device bus id, place it here and use
 290 *     it across the board. Recommended naming:
 291 *     DRIVERNAME-BUSNAME:BUSID (dev->bus->name, dev->bus_id).
 292 *
 293 * @id_table_node: [private] link to the list of wimax devices kept by
 294 *     id-table.c. Protected by it's own spinlock.
 295 *
 296 * @mutex: [private] Serializes all concurrent access and execution of
 297 *     operations.
 298 *
 299 * @mutex_reset: [private] Serializes reset operations. Needs to be a
 300 *     different mutex because as part of the reset operation, the
 301 *     driver has to call back into the stack to do things such as
 302 *     state change, that require wimax_dev->mutex.
 303 *
 304 * @state: [private] Current state of the WiMAX device.
 305 *
 306 * @rfkill: [private] integration into the RF-Kill infrastructure.
 307 *
 308 * @rf_sw: [private] State of the software radio switch (OFF/ON)
 309 *
 310 * @rf_hw: [private] State of the hardware radio switch (OFF/ON)
 311 *
 312 * @debugfs_dentry: [private] Used to hook up a debugfs entry. This
 313 *     shows up in the debugfs root as wimax\:DEVICENAME.
 314 *
 315 * Description:
 316 * This structure defines a common interface to access all WiMAX
 317 * devices from different vendors and provides a common API as well as
 318 * a free-form device-specific messaging channel.
 319 *
 320 * Usage:
 321 *  1. Embed a &struct wimax_dev at *the beginning* the network
 322 *     device structure so that netdev_priv() points to it.
 323 *
 324 *  2. memset() it to zero
 325 *
 326 *  3. Initialize with wimax_dev_init(). This will leave the WiMAX
 327 *     device in the %__WIMAX_ST_NULL state.
 328 *
 329 *  4. Fill all the fields marked with [fill]; once called
 330 *     wimax_dev_add(), those fields CANNOT be modified.
 331 *
 332 *  5. Call wimax_dev_add() *after* registering the network
 333 *     device. This will leave the WiMAX device in the %WIMAX_ST_DOWN
 334 *     state.
 335 *     Protect the driver's net_device->open() against succeeding if
 336 *     the wimax device state is lower than %WIMAX_ST_DOWN.
 337 *
 338 *  6. Select when the device is going to be turned on/initialized;
 339 *     for example, it could be initialized on 'ifconfig up' (when the
 340 *     netdev op 'open()' is called on the driver).
 341 *
 342 * When the device is initialized (at `ifconfig up` time, or right
 343 * after calling wimax_dev_add() from _probe(), make sure the
 344 * following steps are taken
 345 *
 346 *  a. Move the device to %WIMAX_ST_UNINITIALIZED. This is needed so
 347 *     some API calls that shouldn't work until the device is ready
 348 *     can be blocked.
 349 *
 350 *  b. Initialize the device. Make sure to turn the SW radio switch
 351 *     off and move the device to state %WIMAX_ST_RADIO_OFF when
 352 *     done. When just initialized, a device should be left in RADIO
 353 *     OFF state until user space devices to turn it on.
 354 *
 355 *  c. Query the device for the state of the hardware rfkill switch
 356 *     and call wimax_rfkill_report_hw() and wimax_rfkill_report_sw()
 357 *     as needed. See below.
 358 *
 359 * wimax_dev_rm() undoes before unregistering the network device. Once
 360 * wimax_dev_add() is called, the driver can get called on the
 361 * wimax_dev->op_* function pointers
 362 *
 363 * CONCURRENCY:
 364 *
 365 * The stack provides a mutex for each device that will disallow API
 366 * calls happening concurrently; thus, op calls into the driver
 367 * through the wimax_dev->op*() function pointers will always be
 368 * serialized and *never* concurrent.
 369 *
 370 * For locking, take wimax_dev->mutex is taken; (most) operations in
 371 * the API have to check for wimax_dev_is_ready() to return 0 before
 372 * continuing (this is done internally).
 373 *
 374 * REFERENCE COUNTING:
 375 *
 376 * The WiMAX device is reference counted by the associated network
 377 * device. The only operation that can be used to reference the device
 378 * is wimax_dev_get_by_genl_info(), and the reference it acquires has
 379 * to be released with dev_put(wimax_dev->net_dev).
 380 *
 381 * RFKILL:
 382 *
 383 * At startup, both HW and SW radio switchess are assumed to be off.
 384 *
 385 * At initialization time [after calling wimax_dev_add()], have the
 386 * driver query the device for the status of the software and hardware
 387 * RF kill switches and call wimax_report_rfkill_hw() and
 388 * wimax_rfkill_report_sw() to indicate their state. If any is
 389 * missing, just call it to indicate it is ON (radio always on).
 390 *
 391 * Whenever the driver detects a change in the state of the RF kill
 392 * switches, it should call wimax_report_rfkill_hw() or
 393 * wimax_report_rfkill_sw() to report it to the stack.
 394 */
 395struct wimax_dev {
 396        struct net_device *net_dev;
 397        struct list_head id_table_node;
 398        struct mutex mutex;             /* Protects all members and API calls */
 399        struct mutex mutex_reset;
 400        enum wimax_st state;
 401
 402        int (*op_msg_from_user)(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev,
 403                                const char *,
 404                                const void *, size_t,
 405                                const struct genl_info *info);
 406        int (*op_rfkill_sw_toggle)(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev,
 407                                   enum wimax_rf_state);
 408        int (*op_reset)(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev);
 409
 410        struct rfkill *rfkill;
 411        unsigned int rf_hw;
 412        unsigned int rf_sw;
 413        char name[32];
 414
 415        struct dentry *debugfs_dentry;
 416};
 417
 418
 419
 420/*
 421 * WiMAX stack public API for device drivers
 422 * -----------------------------------------
 423 *
 424 * These functions are not exported to user space.
 425 */
 426void wimax_dev_init(struct wimax_dev *);
 427int wimax_dev_add(struct wimax_dev *, struct net_device *);
 428void wimax_dev_rm(struct wimax_dev *);
 429
 430static inline
 431struct wimax_dev *net_dev_to_wimax(struct net_device *net_dev)
 432{
 433        return netdev_priv(net_dev);
 434}
 435
 436static inline
 437struct device *wimax_dev_to_dev(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
 438{
 439        return wimax_dev->net_dev->dev.parent;
 440}
 441
 442void wimax_state_change(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_st);
 443enum wimax_st wimax_state_get(struct wimax_dev *);
 444
 445/*
 446 * Radio Switch state reporting.
 447 *
 448 * enum wimax_rf_state is declared in linux/wimax.h so the exports
 449 * to user space can use it.
 450 */
 451void wimax_report_rfkill_hw(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_rf_state);
 452void wimax_report_rfkill_sw(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_rf_state);
 453
 454
 455/*
 456 * Free-form messaging to/from user space
 457 *
 458 * Sending a message:
 459 *
 460 *   wimax_msg(wimax_dev, pipe_name, buf, buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 461 *
 462 * Broken up:
 463 *
 464 *   skb = wimax_msg_alloc(wimax_dev, pipe_name, buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 465 *   ...fill up skb...
 466 *   wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, pipe_name, skb);
 467 *
 468 * Be sure not to modify skb->data in the middle (ie: don't use
 469 * skb_push()/skb_pull()/skb_reserve() on the skb).
 470 *
 471 * "pipe_name" is any string, that can be interpreted as the name of
 472 * the pipe or recipient; the interpretation of it is driver
 473 * specific, so the recipient can multiplex it as wished. It can be
 474 * NULL, it won't be used - an example is using a "diagnostics" tag to
 475 * send diagnostics information that a device-specific diagnostics
 476 * tool would be interested in.
 477 */
 478struct sk_buff *wimax_msg_alloc(struct wimax_dev *, const char *, const void *,
 479                                size_t, gfp_t);
 480int wimax_msg_send(struct wimax_dev *, struct sk_buff *);
 481int wimax_msg(struct wimax_dev *, const char *, const void *, size_t, gfp_t);
 482
 483const void *wimax_msg_data_len(struct sk_buff *, size_t *);
 484const void *wimax_msg_data(struct sk_buff *);
 485ssize_t wimax_msg_len(struct sk_buff *);
 486
 487
 488/*
 489 * WiMAX stack user space API
 490 * --------------------------
 491 *
 492 * This API is what gets exported to user space for general
 493 * operations. As well, they can be called from within the kernel,
 494 * (with a properly referenced `struct wimax_dev`).
 495 *
 496 * Properly referenced means: the 'struct net_device' that embeds the
 497 * device's control structure and (as such) the 'struct wimax_dev' is
 498 * referenced by the caller.
 499 */
 500int wimax_rfkill(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_rf_state);
 501int wimax_reset(struct wimax_dev *);
 502
 503#endif /* #ifndef __NET__WIMAX_H__ */
 504