[PATCH] libertas: Create sysfs entry for changing the mesh probe response limit

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 13:23 -0800, Anna Neal wrote:
> This patch adds the ability to change the number of probe response retries sent
> by the mesh interface.
> 
> In dense networks it is recommended to change this value to zero to reduce
> traffic congestion.

Does this sort of thing also apply to the mesh functionality in
mac80211?  Just trying to figure out if this is usb8388 mesh specific,
or general functionality.

Dan

> Signed-off-by: Anna Neal <anna at cozybit.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/host.h |    1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c |   60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/host.h b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/host.h
> index a17b778..277ff19 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/host.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/host.h
> @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ enum cmd_mesh_access_opts {
>  	CMD_ACT_MESH_GET_ROUTE_EXP,
>  	CMD_ACT_MESH_SET_AUTOSTART_ENABLED,
>  	CMD_ACT_MESH_GET_AUTOSTART_ENABLED,
> +	CMD_ACT_MESH_SET_GET_PRB_RSP_LIMIT = 17,
>  };
>  
>  /* Define actions and types for CMD_MESH_CONFIG */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> index c320264..f7caef9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> @@ -257,6 +257,58 @@ static ssize_t lbs_anycast_set(struct device *dev,
>  	return strlen(buf);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * @brief Get function for sysfs attribute prb_rsp_limit
> + */
> +static ssize_t lbs_prb_rsp_limit_get(struct device *dev,
> +		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct lbs_private *priv = to_net_dev(dev)->priv;
> +	struct cmd_ds_mesh_access mesh_access;
> +	int ret;
> +	u32 retry_limit;
> +
> +	memset(&mesh_access, 0, sizeof(mesh_access));
> +	mesh_access.data[0] = cpu_to_le32(CMD_ACT_GET);
> +
> +	ret = lbs_mesh_access(priv, CMD_ACT_MESH_SET_GET_PRB_RSP_LIMIT,
> +			&mesh_access);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	retry_limit = le32_to_cpu(mesh_access.data[1]);
> +	return snprintf(buf, 10, "%d\n", retry_limit);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * @brief Set function for sysfs attribute prb_rsp_limit
> + */
> +static ssize_t lbs_prb_rsp_limit_set(struct device *dev,
> +		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct lbs_private *priv = to_net_dev(dev)->priv;
> +	struct cmd_ds_mesh_access mesh_access;
> +	int ret;
> +	unsigned long retry_limit;
> +
> +	memset(&mesh_access, 0, sizeof(mesh_access));
> +	mesh_access.data[0] = cpu_to_le32(CMD_ACT_SET);
> +
> +	if (!strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &retry_limit))
> +		return -ENOTSUPP;
> +	if (retry_limit > 15)
> +		return -ENOTSUPP;
> +
> +	mesh_access.data[1] = cpu_to_le32(retry_limit);
> +
> +	ret = lbs_mesh_access(priv, CMD_ACT_MESH_SET_GET_PRB_RSP_LIMIT,
> +			&mesh_access);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return strlen(buf);
> +}
> +
>  static int lbs_add_rtap(struct lbs_private *priv);
>  static void lbs_remove_rtap(struct lbs_private *priv);
>  static int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv);
> @@ -375,8 +427,16 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(lbs_mesh, 0644, lbs_mesh_get, lbs_mesh_set);
>   */
>  static DEVICE_ATTR(anycast_mask, 0644, lbs_anycast_get, lbs_anycast_set);
>  
> +/**
> + * prb_rsp_limit attribute to be exported per mshX interface
> + * through sysfs (/sys/class/net/mshX/prb_rsp_limit)
> + */
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(prb_rsp_limit, 0644, lbs_prb_rsp_limit_get,
> +		lbs_prb_rsp_limit_set);
> +
>  static struct attribute *lbs_mesh_sysfs_entries[] = {
>  	&dev_attr_anycast_mask.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_prb_rsp_limit.attr,
>  	NULL,
>  };
>