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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:55:05 -0800
From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: wimax@...uxwimax.org, greg@...ah.com
Subject: [PATCH 12/40] wimax: API call to reset a WiMAX device
Provides wimax_reset() for the kernel to reset a wimax device as
needed.
Exports wimax_reset() over generic netlink to user space.
Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>
---
net/wimax/op-reset.c | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 net/wimax/op-reset.c
diff --git a/net/wimax/op-reset.c b/net/wimax/op-reset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e733267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wimax/op-reset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Linux WiMAX
+ * Implement and export a method for resetting a WiMAX device
+ *
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Intel Corporation <linux-wimax@...el.com>
+ * Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ *
+ * This implements a simple synchronous call to reset a WiMAX device.
+ *
+ * Resets aim at being warm, keeping the device handles active;
+ * however, when that fails, it falls back to a cold reset (that will
+ * disconnect and reconnect the device).
+ */
+
+#include <net/wimax.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <linux/wimax.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include "wimax-internal.h"
+
+#define D_SUBMODULE op_reset
+#include "debug-levels.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * wimax_reset - Reset a WiMAX device
+ *
+ * @wimax_dev: WiMAX device descriptor
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *
+ * %0 if ok and a warm reset was done (the device still exists in
+ * the system).
+ *
+ * -%ENODEV if a cold/bus reset had to be done (device has
+ * disconnected and reconnected, so current handle is not valid
+ * any more).
+ *
+ * -%EINVAL if the device is not even registered.
+ *
+ * Any other negative error code shall be considered as
+ * non-recoverable.
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *
+ * Called when wanting to reset the device for any reason. Device is
+ * taken back to power on status.
+ *
+ * This call blocks; on succesful return, the device has completed the
+ * reset process and is ready to operate.
+ */
+int wimax_reset(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
+{
+ int result = -EINVAL;
+ struct device *dev = wimax_dev_to_dev(wimax_dev);
+ enum wimax_st state;
+
+ might_sleep();
+ d_fnstart(3, dev, "(wimax_dev %p)\n", wimax_dev);
+ mutex_lock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
+ dev_hold(wimax_dev->net_dev);
+ state = wimax_dev->state;
+ mutex_unlock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
+
+ if (state >= WIMAX_ST_DOWN) {
+ mutex_lock(&wimax_dev->mutex_reset);
+ result = wimax_dev->op_reset(wimax_dev);
+ mutex_unlock(&wimax_dev->mutex_reset);
+ }
+ dev_put(wimax_dev->net_dev);
+
+ d_fnend(3, dev, "(wimax_dev %p) = %d\n", wimax_dev, result);
+ return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(wimax_reset);
+
+
+/*
+ * Exporting to user space over generic netlink
+ *
+ * Parse the reset command from user space, return error code.
+ *
+ * No attributes.
+ */
+static
+int wimax_gnl_doit_reset(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+ int result;
+ struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev;
+ struct device *dev;
+
+ d_fnstart(3, NULL, "(skb %p info %p)\n", skb, info);
+ result = -ENODEV;
+ wimax_dev = wimax_dev_get_by_genl_info(info);
+ if (wimax_dev == NULL)
+ goto error_no_wimax_dev;
+ dev = wimax_dev_to_dev(wimax_dev);
+ /* Execute the operation and send the result back to user space */
+ result = wimax_reset(wimax_dev);
+ dev_put(wimax_dev->net_dev);
+error_no_wimax_dev:
+ d_fnend(3, NULL, "(skb %p info %p) = %d\n", skb, info, result);
+ return result;
+}
+
+
+struct genl_ops wimax_gnl_reset = {
+ .cmd = WIMAX_GNL_OP_RESET,
+ .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+ .policy = NULL,
+ .doit = wimax_gnl_doit_reset,
+ .dumpit = NULL,
+};
--
1.5.6.5
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