mac80211: support DTPC IE (from Cisco Client eXtensions)

Linux already supports 802.11h, where the access point can tell the
client to reduce its transmission power. However, 802.11h is only
defined for 5 GHz, where the need for this is much smaller than on
2.4 GHz.

Cisco has their own solution, called DTPC (Dynamic Transmit Power
Control). Cisco APs on a controller sometimes but not always send
802.11h; they always send DTPC, even on 2.4 GHz. This patch adds support
for parsing and honoring the DTPC IE in addition to the 802.11h
element (they do not always contain the same limits, so both must
be honored); the format is not documented, but very simple.

Tested (on top of wireless.git and on 3.16.1) against a Cisco Aironet
1142 joined to a Cisco 2504 WLC, by setting various transmit power
levels for the given access points and observing the results.
The Wireshark 802.11 dissector agrees with the interpretation of the
element, except for negative numbers, which seem to never happen
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Steinar H. Gunderson <sgunderson@bigfoot.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index b444f27a788e..3c61060a4d2b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -1015,6 +1015,31 @@ u32 ieee802_11_parse_elems_crc(const u8 *start, size_t len, bool action,
 			}
 			elems->pwr_constr_elem = pos;
 			break;
+		case WLAN_EID_CISCO_VENDOR_SPECIFIC:
+			/* Lots of different options exist, but we only care
+			 * about the Dynamic Transmit Power Control element.
+			 * First check for the Cisco OUI, then for the DTPC
+			 * tag (0x00).
+			 */
+			if (elen < 4) {
+				elem_parse_failed = true;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			if (pos[0] != 0x00 || pos[1] != 0x40 ||
+			    pos[2] != 0x96 || pos[3] != 0x00)
+				break;
+
+			if (elen != 6) {
+				elem_parse_failed = true;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			if (calc_crc)
+				crc = crc32_be(crc, pos - 2, elen + 2);
+
+			elems->cisco_dtpc_elem = pos;
+			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL:
 			if (elen >= sizeof(struct ieee80211_timeout_interval_ie))
 				elems->timeout_int = (void *)pos;