[PATCH] dbus: add SignalPoll() method to report current signal properties

a.brooks2 at marathon-targets.com a.brooks2
Thu Aug 28 04:45:19 PDT 2014


On 2014-08-27 23:39, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 09:36 +1000, a.brooks2 at marathon-targets.com 
> wrote:
>> Tested: seems to work.  The only thing that's weird is that the 
>> "noise"
>> seems to always be 9999 (doesn't bother me, I don't use it).
> 
> Not all kernel drivers support reporting the noise, so it may well be
> 9999 for some hardware.  Which wifi hardware do you have, and what
> kernel version?

Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235 (rev 24)
[iwlwifi driver]

Kernel: 3.14-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.14.7-1 (2014-06-16) x86_64 
GNU/Linux


> 
> Dan
> 
>> On 2014-08-19 06:00, Dan Williams wrote:
>> > Analagous to the control interface's SIGNAL_POLL request.
>> >
>> > Signed-hostap: Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com>
>> > ---
>> > Example:
>> >
>> > $ sudo dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1
>> > /fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1/Interfaces/1
>> > fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.Interface.SignalPoll
>> > method return sender=:1.268 -> dest=:1.273 reply_serial=2
>> >    variant       array [
>> >          dict entry(
>> >             string "rssi"
>> >             variant                int32 -47
>> >          )
>> >          dict entry(
>> >             string "linkspeed"
>> >             variant                int32 54
>> >          )
>> >          dict entry(
>> >             string "noise"
>> >             variant                int32 9999
>> >          )
>> >          dict entry(
>> >             string "frequency"
>> >             variant                uint32 2462
>> >          )
>> >          dict entry(
>> >             string "width"
>> >             variant                string "20 MHz (no HT)"
>> >          )
>> >          dict entry(
>> >             string "avg-rssi"
>> >             variant                int32 -42
>> >          )
>> >       ]
>> >
>> >  wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c             | 24 +---------
>> >  wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c          |  7 +++
>> >  wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c | 81
>> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >  wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.h |  3 ++
>> >  wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c              | 21 +++++++++
>> >  wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.h              |  3 ++
>> >  6 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
>> > index 9970597..fe31805 100644
>> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
>> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
>> > @@ -37,14 +37,15 @@
>> >  #include "scan.h"
>> >  #include "ctrl_iface.h"
>> >  #include "interworking.h"
>> >  #include "blacklist.h"
>> >  #include "autoscan.h"
>> >  #include "wnm_sta.h"
>> >  #include "offchannel.h"
>> > +#include "wpas_glue.h"
>> >
>> >  static int wpa_supplicant_global_iface_list(struct wpa_global *global,
>> >  					    char *buf, int len);
>> >  static int wpa_supplicant_global_iface_interfaces(struct wpa_global
>> > *global,
>> >  						  char *buf, int len);
>> >  static int * freq_range_to_channel_list(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
>> >  					char *val);
>> > @@ -5448,37 +5449,14 @@ static int
>> > wpas_ctrl_iface_wnm_bss_query(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, char *cmd
>> >  		   query_reason);
>> >
>> >  	return wnm_send_bss_transition_mgmt_query(wpa_s, query_reason);
>> >  }
>> >
>> >  #endif /* CONFIG_WNM */
>> >
>> > -
>> > -/* Get string representation of channel width */
>> > -static const char * channel_width_name(enum chan_width width)
>> > -{
>> > -	switch (width) {
>> > -	case CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT:
>> > -		return "20 MHz (no HT)";
>> > -	case CHAN_WIDTH_20:
>> > -		return "20 MHz";
>> > -	case CHAN_WIDTH_40:
>> > -		return "40 MHz";
>> > -	case CHAN_WIDTH_80:
>> > -		return "80 MHz";
>> > -	case CHAN_WIDTH_80P80:
>> > -		return "80+80 MHz";
>> > -	case CHAN_WIDTH_160:
>> > -		return "160 MHz";
>> > -	default:
>> > -		return "unknown";
>> > -	}
>> > -}
>> > -
>> > -
>> >  static int wpa_supplicant_signal_poll(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
>> > char *buf,
>> >  				      size_t buflen)
>> >  {
>> >  	struct wpa_signal_info si;
>> >  	int ret;
>> >  	char *pos, *end;
>> >
>> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c
>> > b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c
>> > index aab2225..7cee614 100644
>> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c
>> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c
>> > @@ -2433,14 +2433,21 @@ static const struct wpa_dbus_method_desc
>> > wpas_dbus_interface_methods[] = {
>> >  	{ "Scan", WPAS_DBUS_NEW_IFACE_INTERFACE,
>> >  	  (WPADBusMethodHandler) &wpas_dbus_handler_scan,
>> >  	  {
>> >  		  { "args", "a{sv}", ARG_IN },
>> >  		  END_ARGS
>> >  	  }
>> >  	},
>> > +	{ "SignalPoll", WPAS_DBUS_NEW_IFACE_INTERFACE,
>> > +	  (WPADBusMethodHandler) &wpas_dbus_handler_signal_poll,
>> > +	  {
>> > +		  { "args", "a{sv}", ARG_OUT },
>> > +		  END_ARGS
>> > +	  }
>> > +	},
>> >  	{ "Disconnect", WPAS_DBUS_NEW_IFACE_INTERFACE,
>> >  	  (WPADBusMethodHandler) &wpas_dbus_handler_disconnect,
>> >  	  {
>> >  		  END_ARGS
>> >  	  }
>> >  	},
>> >  	{ "AddNetwork", WPAS_DBUS_NEW_IFACE_INTERFACE,
>> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
>> > b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
>> > index bd38d65..a9c65cc 100644
>> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
>> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
>> > @@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
>> >  #include "../scan.h"
>> >  #include "../autoscan.h"
>> >  #include "dbus_new_helpers.h"
>> >  #include "dbus_new.h"
>> >  #include "dbus_new_handlers.h"
>> >  #include "dbus_dict_helpers.h"
>> >  #include "dbus_common_i.h"
>> > +#include "../wpas_glue.h"
>> >
>> >  static const char *debug_strings[] = {
>> >  	"excessive", "msgdump", "debug", "info", "warning", "error", NULL
>> >  };
>> >
>> >
>> >  /**
>> > @@ -1386,14 +1387,94 @@ out:
>> >  	for (i = 0; i < WPAS_MAX_SCAN_SSIDS; i++)
>> >  		os_free((u8 *) params.ssids[i].ssid);
>> >  	os_free((u8 *) params.extra_ies);
>> >  	os_free(params.freqs);
>> >  	return reply;
>> >  }
>> >
>> > +/**
>> > + * wpas_dbus_handler_signal_poll - Request immediate signal properties
>> > + * @message: Pointer to incoming dbus message
>> > + * @wpa_s: wpa_supplicant structure for a network interface
>> > + * Returns: NULL indicating success or DBus error message on failure
>> > + *
>> > + * Handler function for "SignalPoll" method call of a network device.
>> > Requests
>> > + * that wpa_supplicant read signal properties like RSSI, noise, and
>> > link
>> > + * speed and return them.
>> > + */
>> > +DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_signal_poll(DBusMessage *message,
>> > +					    struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
>> > +{
>> > +	struct wpa_signal_info si;
>> > +	DBusMessage *reply = NULL;
>> > +	DBusMessageIter iter, iter_dict, variant_iter;
>> > +	int ret;
>> > +
>> > +	ret = wpa_drv_signal_poll(wpa_s, &si);
>> > +	if (ret) {
>> > +		return dbus_message_new_error(message, DBUS_ERROR_FAILED,
>> > +					      "Failed to read signal");
>> > +	}
>> > +
>> > +	reply = dbus_message_new_method_return(message);
>> > +	if (reply == NULL)
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +
>> > +	dbus_message_iter_init_append(reply, &iter);
>> > +
>> > +	if (!dbus_message_iter_open_container(&iter, DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT,
>> > +					      "a{sv}", &variant_iter))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +	if (!wpa_dbus_dict_open_write(&variant_iter, &iter_dict))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +
>> > +	if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_int32(&iter_dict, "rssi",
>> > si.current_signal))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +	if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_int32(&iter_dict, "linkspeed",
>> > +					si.current_txrate / 1000))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +	if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_int32(&iter_dict, "noise",
>> > si.current_noise))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +	if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_uint32(&iter_dict, "frequency",
>> > si.frequency))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +
>> > +	if (si.chanwidth != CHAN_WIDTH_UNKNOWN) {
>> > +		if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_string(&iter_dict, "width",
>> > +					channel_width_name(si.chanwidth)))
>> > +			goto nomem;
>> > +	}
>> > +
>> > +	if (si.center_frq1 > 0 && si.center_frq2 > 0) {
>> > +		if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_int32(&iter_dict, "center-frq1",
>> > +						si.center_frq1))
>> > +			goto nomem;
>> > +		if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_int32(&iter_dict, "center-frq2",
>> > +						si.center_frq2))
>> > +			goto nomem;
>> > +	}
>> > +
>> > +	if (si.avg_signal) {
>> > +		if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_int32(&iter_dict, "avg-rssi",
>> > +						si.avg_signal))
>> > +			goto nomem;
>> > +	}
>> > +
>> > +	if (!wpa_dbus_dict_close_write(&variant_iter, &iter_dict))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +	if (!dbus_message_iter_close_container(&iter, &variant_iter))
>> > +		goto nomem;
>> > +
>> > +	return reply;
>> > +
>> > +nomem:
>> > +	if (reply)
>> > +		dbus_message_unref(reply);
>> > +	reply = dbus_message_new_error(message, DBUS_ERROR_NO_MEMORY, NULL);
>> > +	return reply;
>> > +}
>> >
>> >  /*
>> >   * wpas_dbus_handler_disconnect - Terminate the current connection
>> >   * @message: Pointer to incoming dbus message
>> >   * @wpa_s: wpa_supplicant structure for a network interface
>> >   * Returns: NotConnected DBus error message if already not connected
>> >   * or NULL otherwise.
>> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.h
>> > b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.h
>> > index 461970d..f00eb88 100644
>> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.h
>> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.h
>> > @@ -83,14 +83,17 @@ dbus_bool_t
>> > wpas_dbus_getter_eap_methods(DBusMessageIter *iter,
>> >  dbus_bool_t wpas_dbus_getter_global_capabilities(DBusMessageIter
>> > *iter,
>> >  						 DBusError *error,
>> >  						 void *user_data);
>> >
>> >  DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_scan(DBusMessage *message,
>> >  				     struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
>> >
>> > +DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_signal_poll(DBusMessage *message,
>> > +					    struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
>> > +
>> >  DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_disconnect(DBusMessage *message,
>> >  					   struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
>> >
>> >  dbus_bool_t set_network_properties(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
>> >  				   struct wpa_ssid *ssid,
>> >  				   DBusMessageIter *iter,
>> >  				   DBusError *error);
>> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c
>> > index 350b122..b77e5d3 100644
>> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c
>> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c
>> > @@ -966,7 +966,28 @@ void wpa_supplicant_rsn_supp_set_config(struct
>> > wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
>> >  				wpabuf_free(p2p);
>> >  			}
>> >  		}
>> >  #endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
>> >  	}
>> >  	wpa_sm_set_config(wpa_s->wpa, ssid ? &conf : NULL);
>> >  }
>> > +
>> > +/* Get string representation of channel width */
>> > +const char * channel_width_name(enum chan_width width)
>> > +{
>> > +	switch (width) {
>> > +	case CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT:
>> > +		return "20 MHz (no HT)";
>> > +	case CHAN_WIDTH_20:
>> > +		return "20 MHz";
>> > +	case CHAN_WIDTH_40:
>> > +		return "40 MHz";
>> > +	case CHAN_WIDTH_80:
>> > +		return "80 MHz";
>> > +	case CHAN_WIDTH_80P80:
>> > +		return "80+80 MHz";
>> > +	case CHAN_WIDTH_160:
>> > +		return "160 MHz";
>> > +	default:
>> > +		return "unknown";
>> > +	}
>> > +}
>> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.h b/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.h
>> > index 9808c22..8dd99ff 100644
>> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.h
>> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.h
>> > @@ -6,20 +6,23 @@
>> >   * See README for more details.
>> >   */
>> >
>> >  #ifndef WPAS_GLUE_H
>> >  #define WPAS_GLUE_H
>> >
>> >  enum wpa_ctrl_req_type;
>> > +enum chan_width;
>> >
>> >  int wpa_supplicant_init_eapol(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
>> >  int wpa_supplicant_init_wpa(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
>> >  void wpa_supplicant_rsn_supp_set_config(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
>> >  					struct wpa_ssid *ssid);
>> >
>> >  const char * wpa_supplicant_ctrl_req_to_string(enum wpa_ctrl_req_type
>> > field,
>> >  					       const char *default_txt,
>> >  					       const char **txt);
>> >
>> >  enum wpa_ctrl_req_type wpa_supplicant_ctrl_req_from_string(const char
>> > *field);
>> >
>> > +const char * channel_width_name(enum chan_width width);
>> > +
>> >  #endif /* WPAS_GLUE_H */
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