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   1/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
   2/*
   3 * This file define the new driver API for Wireless Extensions
   4 *
   5 * Version :    8       16.3.07
   6 *
   7 * Authors :    Jean Tourrilhes - HPL - <jt@hpl.hp.com>
   8 * Copyright (c) 2001-2007 Jean Tourrilhes, All Rights Reserved.
   9 */
  10
  11#ifndef _IW_HANDLER_H
  12#define _IW_HANDLER_H
  13
  14/************************** DOCUMENTATION **************************/
  15/*
  16 * Initial driver API (1996 -> onward) :
  17 * -----------------------------------
  18 * The initial API just sends the IOCTL request received from user space
  19 * to the driver (via the driver ioctl handler). The driver has to
  20 * handle all the rest...
  21 *
  22 * The initial API also defines a specific handler in struct net_device
  23 * to handle wireless statistics.
  24 *
  25 * The initial APIs served us well and has proven a reasonably good design.
  26 * However, there is a few shortcommings :
  27 *      o No events, everything is a request to the driver.
  28 *      o Large ioctl function in driver with gigantic switch statement
  29 *        (i.e. spaghetti code).
  30 *      o Driver has to mess up with copy_to/from_user, and in many cases
  31 *        does it unproperly. Common mistakes are :
  32 *              * buffer overflows (no checks or off by one checks)
  33 *              * call copy_to/from_user with irq disabled
  34 *      o The user space interface is tied to ioctl because of the use
  35 *        copy_to/from_user.
  36 *
  37 * New driver API (2002 -> onward) :
  38 * -------------------------------
  39 * The new driver API is just a bunch of standard functions (handlers),
  40 * each handling a specific Wireless Extension. The driver just export
  41 * the list of handler it supports, and those will be called apropriately.
  42 *
  43 * I tried to keep the main advantage of the previous API (simplicity,
  44 * efficiency and light weight), and also I provide a good dose of backward
  45 * compatibility (most structures are the same, driver can use both API
  46 * simultaneously, ...).
  47 * Hopefully, I've also addressed the shortcomming of the initial API.
  48 *
  49 * The advantage of the new API are :
  50 *      o Handling of Extensions in driver broken in small contained functions
  51 *      o Tighter checks of ioctl before calling the driver
  52 *      o Flexible commit strategy (at least, the start of it)
  53 *      o Backward compatibility (can be mixed with old API)
  54 *      o Driver doesn't have to worry about memory and user-space issues
  55 * The last point is important for the following reasons :
  56 *      o You are now able to call the new driver API from any API you
  57 *              want (including from within other parts of the kernel).
  58 *      o Common mistakes are avoided (buffer overflow, user space copy
  59 *              with irq disabled and so on).
  60 *
  61 * The Drawback of the new API are :
  62 *      o bloat (especially kernel)
  63 *      o need to migrate existing drivers to new API
  64 * My initial testing shows that the new API adds around 3kB to the kernel
  65 * and save between 0 and 5kB from a typical driver.
  66 * Also, as all structures and data types are unchanged, the migration is
  67 * quite straightforward (but tedious).
  68 *
  69 * ---
  70 *
  71 * The new driver API is defined below in this file. User space should
  72 * not be aware of what's happening down there...
  73 *
  74 * A new kernel wrapper is in charge of validating the IOCTLs and calling
  75 * the appropriate driver handler. This is implemented in :
  76 *      # net/core/wireless.c
  77 *
  78 * The driver export the list of handlers in :
  79 *      # include/linux/netdevice.h (one place)
  80 *
  81 * The new driver API is available for WIRELESS_EXT >= 13.
  82 * Good luck with migration to the new API ;-)
  83 */
  84
  85/* ---------------------- THE IMPLEMENTATION ---------------------- */
  86/*
  87 * Some of the choice I've made are pretty controversials. Defining an
  88 * API is very much weighting compromises. This goes into some of the
  89 * details and the thinking behind the implementation.
  90 *
  91 * Implementation goals :
  92 * --------------------
  93 * The implementation goals were as follow :
  94 *      o Obvious : you should not need a PhD to understand what's happening,
  95 *              the benefit is easier maintenance.
  96 *      o Flexible : it should accommodate a wide variety of driver
  97 *              implementations and be as flexible as the old API.
  98 *      o Lean : it should be efficient memory wise to minimise the impact
  99 *              on kernel footprint.
 100 *      o Transparent to user space : the large number of user space
 101 *              applications that use Wireless Extensions should not need
 102 *              any modifications.
 103 *
 104 * Array of functions versus Struct of functions
 105 * ---------------------------------------------
 106 * 1) Having an array of functions allow the kernel code to access the
 107 * handler in a single lookup, which is much more efficient (think hash
 108 * table here).
 109 * 2) The only drawback is that driver writer may put their handler in
 110 * the wrong slot. This is trivial to test (I set the frequency, the
 111 * bitrate changes). Once the handler is in the proper slot, it will be
 112 * there forever, because the array is only extended at the end.
 113 * 3) Backward/forward compatibility : adding new handler just require
 114 * extending the array, so you can put newer driver in older kernel
 115 * without having to patch the kernel code (and vice versa).
 116 *
 117 * All handler are of the same generic type
 118 * ----------------------------------------
 119 * That's a feature !!!
 120 * 1) Having a generic handler allow to have generic code, which is more
 121 * efficient. If each of the handler was individually typed I would need
 122 * to add a big switch in the kernel (== more bloat). This solution is
 123 * more scalable, adding new Wireless Extensions doesn't add new code.
 124 * 2) You can use the same handler in different slots of the array. For
 125 * hardware, it may be more efficient or logical to handle multiple
 126 * Wireless Extensions with a single function, and the API allow you to
 127 * do that. (An example would be a single record on the card to control
 128 * both bitrate and frequency, the handler would read the old record,
 129 * modify it according to info->cmd and rewrite it).
 130 *
 131 * Functions prototype uses union iwreq_data
 132 * -----------------------------------------
 133 * Some would have preferred functions defined this way :
 134 *      static int mydriver_ioctl_setrate(struct net_device *dev, 
 135 *                                        long rate, int auto)
 136 * 1) The kernel code doesn't "validate" the content of iwreq_data, and
 137 * can't do it (different hardware may have different notion of what a
 138 * valid frequency is), so we don't pretend that we do it.
 139 * 2) The above form is not extendable. If I want to add a flag (for
 140 * example to distinguish setting max rate and basic rate), I would
 141 * break the prototype. Using iwreq_data is more flexible.
 142 * 3) Also, the above form is not generic (see above).
 143 * 4) I don't expect driver developper using the wrong field of the
 144 * union (Doh !), so static typechecking doesn't add much value.
 145 * 5) Lastly, you can skip the union by doing :
 146 *      static int mydriver_ioctl_setrate(struct net_device *dev,
 147 *                                        struct iw_request_info *info,
 148 *                                        struct iw_param *rrq,
 149 *                                        char *extra)
 150 * And then adding the handler in the array like this :
 151 *        (iw_handler) mydriver_ioctl_setrate,             // SIOCSIWRATE
 152 *
 153 * Using functions and not a registry
 154 * ----------------------------------
 155 * Another implementation option would have been for every instance to
 156 * define a registry (a struct containing all the Wireless Extensions)
 157 * and only have a function to commit the registry to the hardware.
 158 * 1) This approach can be emulated by the current code, but not
 159 * vice versa.
 160 * 2) Some drivers don't keep any configuration in the driver, for them
 161 * adding such a registry would be a significant bloat.
 162 * 3) The code to translate from Wireless Extension to native format is
 163 * needed anyway, so it would not reduce significantely the amount of code.
 164 * 4) The current approach only selectively translate Wireless Extensions
 165 * to native format and only selectively set, whereas the registry approach
 166 * would require to translate all WE and set all parameters for any single
 167 * change.
 168 * 5) For many Wireless Extensions, the GET operation return the current
 169 * dynamic value, not the value that was set.
 170 *
 171 * This header is <net/iw_handler.h>
 172 * ---------------------------------
 173 * 1) This header is kernel space only and should not be exported to
 174 * user space. Headers in "include/linux/" are exported, headers in
 175 * "include/net/" are not.
 176 *
 177 * Mixed 32/64 bit issues
 178 * ----------------------
 179 * The Wireless Extensions are designed to be 64 bit clean, by using only
 180 * datatypes with explicit storage size.
 181 * There are some issues related to kernel and user space using different
 182 * memory model, and in particular 64bit kernel with 32bit user space.
 183 * The problem is related to struct iw_point, that contains a pointer
 184 * that *may* need to be translated.
 185 * This is quite messy. The new API doesn't solve this problem (it can't),
 186 * but is a step in the right direction :
 187 * 1) Meta data about each ioctl is easily available, so we know what type
 188 * of translation is needed.
 189 * 2) The move of data between kernel and user space is only done in a single
 190 * place in the kernel, so adding specific hooks in there is possible.
 191 * 3) In the long term, it allows to move away from using ioctl as the
 192 * user space API.
 193 *
 194 * So many comments and so few code
 195 * --------------------------------
 196 * That's a feature. Comments won't bloat the resulting kernel binary.
 197 */
 198
 199/***************************** INCLUDES *****************************/
 200
 201#include <linux/wireless.h>             /* IOCTL user space API */
 202#include <linux/if_ether.h>
 203
 204/***************************** VERSION *****************************/
 205/*
 206 * This constant is used to know which version of the driver API is
 207 * available. Hopefully, this will be pretty stable and no changes
 208 * will be needed...
 209 * I just plan to increment with each new version.
 210 */
 211#define IW_HANDLER_VERSION      8
 212
 213/*
 214 * Changes :
 215 *
 216 * V2 to V3
 217 * --------
 218 *      - Move event definition in <linux/wireless.h>
 219 *      - Add Wireless Event support :
 220 *              o wireless_send_event() prototype
 221 *              o iwe_stream_add_event/point() inline functions
 222 * V3 to V4
 223 * --------
 224 *      - Reshuffle IW_HEADER_TYPE_XXX to map IW_PRIV_TYPE_XXX changes
 225 *
 226 * V4 to V5
 227 * --------
 228 *      - Add new spy support : struct iw_spy_data & prototypes
 229 *
 230 * V5 to V6
 231 * --------
 232 *      - Change the way we get to spy_data method for added safety
 233 *      - Remove spy #ifdef, they are always on -> cleaner code
 234 *      - Add IW_DESCR_FLAG_NOMAX flag for very large requests
 235 *      - Start migrating get_wireless_stats to struct iw_handler_def
 236 *
 237 * V6 to V7
 238 * --------
 239 *      - Add struct ieee80211_device pointer in struct iw_public_data
 240 *      - Remove (struct iw_point *)->pointer from events and streams
 241 *      - Remove spy_offset from struct iw_handler_def
 242 *      - Add "check" version of event macros for ieee802.11 stack
 243 *
 244 * V7 to V8
 245 * ----------
 246 *      - Prevent leaking of kernel space in stream on 64 bits.
 247 */
 248
 249/**************************** CONSTANTS ****************************/
 250
 251/* Enhanced spy support available */
 252#define IW_WIRELESS_SPY
 253#define IW_WIRELESS_THRSPY
 254
 255/* Special error message for the driver to indicate that we
 256 * should do a commit after return from the iw_handler */
 257#define EIWCOMMIT       EINPROGRESS
 258
 259/* Flags available in struct iw_request_info */
 260#define IW_REQUEST_FLAG_COMPAT  0x0001  /* Compat ioctl call */
 261
 262/* Type of headers we know about (basically union iwreq_data) */
 263#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_NULL     0       /* Not available */
 264#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_CHAR     2       /* char [IFNAMSIZ] */
 265#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_UINT     4       /* __u32 */
 266#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_FREQ     5       /* struct iw_freq */
 267#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_ADDR     6       /* struct sockaddr */
 268#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT    8       /* struct iw_point */
 269#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_PARAM    9       /* struct iw_param */
 270#define IW_HEADER_TYPE_QUAL     10      /* struct iw_quality */
 271
 272/* Handling flags */
 273/* Most are not implemented. I just use them as a reminder of some
 274 * cool features we might need one day ;-) */
 275#define IW_DESCR_FLAG_NONE      0x0000  /* Obvious */
 276/* Wrapper level flags */
 277#define IW_DESCR_FLAG_DUMP      0x0001  /* Not part of the dump command */
 278#define IW_DESCR_FLAG_EVENT     0x0002  /* Generate an event on SET */
 279#define IW_DESCR_FLAG_RESTRICT  0x0004  /* GET : request is ROOT only */
 280                                /* SET : Omit payload from generated iwevent */
 281#define IW_DESCR_FLAG_NOMAX     0x0008  /* GET : no limit on request size */
 282/* Driver level flags */
 283#define IW_DESCR_FLAG_WAIT      0x0100  /* Wait for driver event */
 284
 285/****************************** TYPES ******************************/
 286
 287/* ----------------------- WIRELESS HANDLER ----------------------- */
 288/*
 289 * A wireless handler is just a standard function, that looks like the
 290 * ioctl handler.
 291 * We also define there how a handler list look like... As the Wireless
 292 * Extension space is quite dense, we use a simple array, which is faster
 293 * (that's the perfect hash table ;-).
 294 */
 295
 296/*
 297 * Meta data about the request passed to the iw_handler.
 298 * Most handlers can safely ignore what's in there.
 299 * The 'cmd' field might come handy if you want to use the same handler
 300 * for multiple command...
 301 * This struct is also my long term insurance. I can add new fields here
 302 * without breaking the prototype of iw_handler...
 303 */
 304struct iw_request_info {
 305        __u16           cmd;            /* Wireless Extension command */
 306        __u16           flags;          /* More to come ;-) */
 307};
 308
 309struct net_device;
 310
 311/*
 312 * This is how a function handling a Wireless Extension should look
 313 * like (both get and set, standard and private).
 314 */
 315typedef int (*iw_handler)(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
 316                          union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra);
 317
 318/*
 319 * This define all the handler that the driver export.
 320 * As you need only one per driver type, please use a static const
 321 * shared by all driver instances... Same for the members...
 322 * This will be linked from net_device in <linux/netdevice.h>
 323 */
 324struct iw_handler_def {
 325
 326        /* Array of handlers for standard ioctls
 327         * We will call dev->wireless_handlers->standard[ioctl - SIOCIWFIRST]
 328         */
 329        const iw_handler *      standard;
 330        /* Number of handlers defined (more precisely, index of the
 331         * last defined handler + 1) */
 332        __u16                   num_standard;
 333
 334#ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV
 335        __u16                   num_private;
 336        /* Number of private arg description */
 337        __u16                   num_private_args;
 338        /* Array of handlers for private ioctls
 339         * Will call dev->wireless_handlers->private[ioctl - SIOCIWFIRSTPRIV]
 340         */
 341        const iw_handler *      private;
 342
 343        /* Arguments of private handler. This one is just a list, so you
 344         * can put it in any order you want and should not leave holes...
 345         * We will automatically export that to user space... */
 346        const struct iw_priv_args *     private_args;
 347#endif
 348
 349        /* New location of get_wireless_stats, to de-bloat struct net_device.
 350         * The old pointer in struct net_device will be gradually phased
 351         * out, and drivers are encouraged to use this one... */
 352        struct iw_statistics*   (*get_wireless_stats)(struct net_device *dev);
 353};
 354
 355/* ---------------------- IOCTL DESCRIPTION ---------------------- */
 356/*
 357 * One of the main goal of the new interface is to deal entirely with
 358 * user space/kernel space memory move.
 359 * For that, we need to know :
 360 *      o if iwreq is a pointer or contain the full data
 361 *      o what is the size of the data to copy
 362 *
 363 * For private IOCTLs, we use the same rules as used by iwpriv and
 364 * defined in struct iw_priv_args.
 365 *
 366 * For standard IOCTLs, things are quite different and we need to
 367 * use the structures below. Actually, this struct is also more
 368 * efficient, but that's another story...
 369 */
 370
 371/*
 372 * Describe how a standard IOCTL looks like.
 373 */
 374struct iw_ioctl_description {
 375        __u8    header_type;            /* NULL, iw_point or other */
 376        __u8    token_type;             /* Future */
 377        __u16   token_size;             /* Granularity of payload */
 378        __u16   min_tokens;             /* Min acceptable token number */
 379        __u16   max_tokens;             /* Max acceptable token number */
 380        __u32   flags;                  /* Special handling of the request */
 381};
 382
 383/* Need to think of short header translation table. Later. */
 384
 385/* --------------------- ENHANCED SPY SUPPORT --------------------- */
 386/*
 387 * In the old days, the driver was handling spy support all by itself.
 388 * Now, the driver can delegate this task to Wireless Extensions.
 389 * It needs to include this struct in its private part and use the
 390 * standard spy iw_handler.
 391 */
 392
 393/*
 394 * Instance specific spy data, i.e. addresses spied and quality for them.
 395 */
 396struct iw_spy_data {
 397        /* --- Standard spy support --- */
 398        int                     spy_number;
 399        u_char                  spy_address[IW_MAX_SPY][ETH_ALEN];
 400        struct iw_quality       spy_stat[IW_MAX_SPY];
 401        /* --- Enhanced spy support (event) */
 402        struct iw_quality       spy_thr_low;    /* Low threshold */
 403        struct iw_quality       spy_thr_high;   /* High threshold */
 404        u_char                  spy_thr_under[IW_MAX_SPY];
 405};
 406
 407/* --------------------- DEVICE WIRELESS DATA --------------------- */
 408/*
 409 * This is all the wireless data specific to a device instance that
 410 * is managed by the core of Wireless Extensions or the 802.11 layer.
 411 * We only keep pointer to those structures, so that a driver is free
 412 * to share them between instances.
 413 * This structure should be initialised before registering the device.
 414 * Access to this data follow the same rules as any other struct net_device
 415 * data (i.e. valid as long as struct net_device exist, same locking rules).
 416 */
 417/* Forward declaration */
 418struct libipw_device;
 419/* The struct */
 420struct iw_public_data {
 421        /* Driver enhanced spy support */
 422        struct iw_spy_data *            spy_data;
 423        /* Legacy structure managed by the ipw2x00-specific IEEE 802.11 layer */
 424        struct libipw_device *          libipw;
 425};
 426
 427/**************************** PROTOTYPES ****************************/
 428/*
 429 * Functions part of the Wireless Extensions (defined in net/core/wireless.c).
 430 * Those may be called only within the kernel.
 431 */
 432
 433/* First : function strictly used inside the kernel */
 434
 435/* Handle /proc/net/wireless, called in net/code/dev.c */
 436int dev_get_wireless_info(char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset, int length);
 437
 438/* Second : functions that may be called by driver modules */
 439
 440/* Send a single event to user space */
 441void wireless_send_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
 442                         union iwreq_data *wrqu, const char *extra);
 443#ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_CORE
 444/* flush all previous wext events - if work is done from netdev notifiers */
 445void wireless_nlevent_flush(void);
 446#else
 447static inline void wireless_nlevent_flush(void) {}
 448#endif
 449
 450/* We may need a function to send a stream of events to user space.
 451 * More on that later... */
 452
 453/* Standard handler for SIOCSIWSPY */
 454int iw_handler_set_spy(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
 455                       union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra);
 456/* Standard handler for SIOCGIWSPY */
 457int iw_handler_get_spy(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
 458                       union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra);
 459/* Standard handler for SIOCSIWTHRSPY */
 460int iw_handler_set_thrspy(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
 461                          union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra);
 462/* Standard handler for SIOCGIWTHRSPY */
 463int iw_handler_get_thrspy(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
 464                          union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra);
 465/* Driver call to update spy records */
 466void wireless_spy_update(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *address,
 467                         struct iw_quality *wstats);
 468
 469/************************* INLINE FUNTIONS *************************/
 470/*
 471 * Function that are so simple that it's more efficient inlining them
 472 */
 473
 474static inline int iwe_stream_lcp_len(struct iw_request_info *info)
 475{
 476#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 477        if (info->flags & IW_REQUEST_FLAG_COMPAT)
 478                return IW_EV_COMPAT_LCP_LEN;
 479#endif
 480        return IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
 481}
 482
 483static inline int iwe_stream_point_len(struct iw_request_info *info)
 484{
 485#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 486        if (info->flags & IW_REQUEST_FLAG_COMPAT)
 487                return IW_EV_COMPAT_POINT_LEN;
 488#endif
 489        return IW_EV_POINT_LEN;
 490}
 491
 492static inline int iwe_stream_event_len_adjust(struct iw_request_info *info,
 493                                              int event_len)
 494{
 495#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 496        if (info->flags & IW_REQUEST_FLAG_COMPAT) {
 497                event_len -= IW_EV_LCP_LEN;
 498                event_len += IW_EV_COMPAT_LCP_LEN;
 499        }
 500#endif
 501
 502        return event_len;
 503}
 504
 505/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 506/*
 507 * Wrapper to add an Wireless Event to a stream of events.
 508 */
 509char *iwe_stream_add_event(struct iw_request_info *info, char *stream,
 510                           char *ends, struct iw_event *iwe, int event_len);
 511
 512static inline char *
 513iwe_stream_add_event_check(struct iw_request_info *info, char *stream,
 514                           char *ends, struct iw_event *iwe, int event_len)
 515{
 516        char *res = iwe_stream_add_event(info, stream, ends, iwe, event_len);
 517
 518        if (res == stream)
 519                return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
 520        return res;
 521}
 522
 523/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 524/*
 525 * Wrapper to add an short Wireless Event containing a pointer to a
 526 * stream of events.
 527 */
 528char *iwe_stream_add_point(struct iw_request_info *info, char *stream,
 529                           char *ends, struct iw_event *iwe, char *extra);
 530
 531static inline char *
 532iwe_stream_add_point_check(struct iw_request_info *info, char *stream,
 533                           char *ends, struct iw_event *iwe, char *extra)
 534{
 535        char *res = iwe_stream_add_point(info, stream, ends, iwe, extra);
 536
 537        if (res == stream)
 538                return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
 539        return res;
 540}
 541
 542/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 543/*
 544 * Wrapper to add a value to a Wireless Event in a stream of events.
 545 * Be careful, this one is tricky to use properly :
 546 * At the first run, you need to have (value = event + IW_EV_LCP_LEN).
 547 */
 548char *iwe_stream_add_value(struct iw_request_info *info, char *event,
 549                           char *value, char *ends, struct iw_event *iwe,
 550                           int event_len);
 551
 552#endif  /* _IW_HANDLER_H */
 553