[PATCH v2] hostapd: add fallback for WPS on stations

Raphaël Mélotte raphael.melotte at mind.be
Fri Oct 29 01:45:06 PDT 2021


Up to now the WPS script triggered WPS on the stations only if it
could not trigger it successfully on any hostapd instance.

In a Multi-AP context, there can be a need (to establish a new
wireless backhaul link) to trigger WPS on the stations, regardless of
whether there is already a hostapd instance configured or not. The
current script makes it impossible, as if hostapd is running and
configured, WPS would always be triggered on hostapd only.

To allow both possibilities, the following changes are made:

- Change the "pressed" action to "release", so that we can make use of
the "$SEEN" variables (to know for how long the button was pressed).

- If the button is pressed for less than 3 seconds, keep the original
behavior.

- If the button is pressed for 3 seconds or more, trigger WPS on the
stations, regardless of the status of any running hostapd instance.

- Add comments explaining both behaviors.

- While at it, replace the usage of '-a' with a '[] && []'
construct (see [1]).

This gives users a "fallback" mechanism to onboard a device to a
Multi-AP network, even if the device already has a configured hostapd
instance running.

[1]: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC2166

Signed-off-by: Raphaël Mélotte <raphael.melotte at mind.be>
---
Changes v1 -> v2:
    - minor comment update.

 .../services/hostapd/files/wps-hotplug.sh     | 21 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/wps-hotplug.sh b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/wps-hotplug.sh
index d00939d769..073bdd1868 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/wps-hotplug.sh
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/wps-hotplug.sh
@@ -38,13 +38,20 @@ wps_catch_credentials() {
 	done
 }
 
-if [ "$ACTION" = "pressed" -a "$BUTTON" = "wps" ]; then
-	wps_done=0
-	ubusobjs="$( ubus -S list hostapd.* )"
-	for ubusobj in $ubusobjs; do
-		ubus -S call $ubusobj wps_start && wps_done=1
-	done
-	[ $wps_done = 0 ] || return 0
+if [ "$ACTION" = "released" ] && [ "$BUTTON" = "wps" ]; then
+	# If the button was pressed for 3 seconds or more, trigger WPS on
+	# wpa_supplicant only, no matter if hostapd is running or not.  If
+	# was pressed for less than 3 seconds, try triggering on
+	# hostapd. If there is no hostapd instance to trigger it on or WPS
+	# is not enabled on them, trigger it on wpa_supplicant.
+	if [ "$SEEN" -lt 3 ] ; then
+		wps_done=0
+		ubusobjs="$( ubus -S list hostapd.* )"
+		for ubusobj in $ubusobjs; do
+			ubus -S call $ubusobj wps_start && wps_done=1
+		done
+		[ $wps_done = 0 ] || return 0
+	fi
 	wps_done=0
 	ubusobjs="$( ubus -S list wpa_supplicant.* )"
 	for ubusobj in $ubusobjs; do
-- 
2.33.0




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