[PATCH 2/3] mwifiex: add allow_ps_mode module parameter
From: Tsuchiya Yuto <hidden>
Date: 2020-10-28 21:56:22
Also in:
linux-wireless, lkml
Subsystem:
marvell mwifiex wireless driver, the rest · Maintainers:
Brian Norris, Linus Torvalds
To make the ps_mode (power_save) control easier, this commit adds a new
module parameter allow_ps_mode and set it false (disallowed) by default.
When this parameter is set to false, changing the power_save mode will
be disallowed like the following:
$ sudo iw dev mlan0 set power_save on
command failed: Operation not permitted (-1)
Signed-off-by: Tsuchiya Yuto <redacted>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index a6b9dc6700b14..943bc1e8ceaee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ static char *reg_alpha2; module_param(reg_alpha2, charp, 0); +static bool allow_ps_mode; +module_param(allow_ps_mode, bool, 0644); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(allow_ps_mode, + "allow WiFi power management to be enabled. (default: disallowed)"); + static const struct ieee80211_iface_limit mwifiex_ap_sta_limits[] = { { .max = MWIFIEX_MAX_BSS_NUM,
@@ -435,6 +440,17 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt(struct wiphy *wiphy, ps_mode = enabled; + /* Allow ps_mode to be enabled only when allow_ps_mode is true */ + if (ps_mode && !allow_ps_mode) { + mwifiex_dbg(priv->adapter, MSG, + "Enabling ps_mode disallowed by modparam\n"); + + /* Return -EPERM to inform userspace tools that setting + * power_save to be enabled is not permitted. + */ + return -EPERM; + } + return mwifiex_drv_set_power(priv, &ps_mode); }
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2.29.1