From 4865fd6c6f0158b35b57cf6abaef3cf2253b6162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Federico Capoano <f.capoano@openwisp.io>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 18:14:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [feature] Allow not depending on rpcd-mod-iwinfo

On space constraint devices which do not have
a WiFi card, it is useful to avoid including
rpcd-mod-iwinfo and its dependencies.
---
 openwisp-monitoring/Config.in                   |  9 +++++++++
 openwisp-monitoring/Makefile                    | 17 +++++++++++++----
 .../files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/iwinfo.lua    |  3 +++
 .../lib/openwisp-monitoring/monitoring.lua      |  1 +
 .../files/sbin/netjson-monitoring.lua           |  9 ++++++++-
 5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 openwisp-monitoring/Config.in
 create mode 100644 openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/iwinfo.lua

diff --git a/openwisp-monitoring/Config.in b/openwisp-monitoring/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b5bf37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwisp-monitoring/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+menu "netjson-monitoring Configuration"
+
+config NETJSON_MONITORING_IWINFO
+	bool "Enable rpcd-mod-iwinfo"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Whether to include the rpcd-mod-iwinfo dependency (enabled by default).
+
+endmenu
diff --git a/openwisp-monitoring/Makefile b/openwisp-monitoring/Makefile
index ace7753e..6ae7e276 100644
--- a/openwisp-monitoring/Makefile
+++ b/openwisp-monitoring/Makefile
@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@ define Package/openwisp-monitoring
 endef
 
 define Package/netjson-monitoring
-	TITLE:=NetJson Monitoring
+	TITLE:=NetJSON Monitoring
 	CATEGORY:=Administration
 	SECTION:=admin
 	SUBMENU:=openwisp
-	DEPENDS:=+libubus-lua +lua-cjson +rpcd +rpcd-mod-iwinfo
+	DEPENDS:=+libubus-lua +lua-cjson +rpcd
+	DEPENDS+=+NETJSON_MONITORING_IWINFO:rpcd-mod-iwinfo
 	PKGARCH:=all
 	URL:=http://openwisp.org
 endef
 
+define Package/netjson-monitoring/config
+	source "$(SOURCE)/Config.in"
+endef
+
 define Build/Compile
 endef
 
@@ -84,8 +89,12 @@ define Package/netjson-monitoring/install
 		files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/wifi.lua \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/lua/openwisp-monitoring/wifi.lua
 
-	$(CP) ../VERSION $(1)/usr/lib/openwisp-monitoring/
+	# Iwinfo is enabled by default unless specified otherwise
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/lua/openwisp-monitoring
+	sed 's/true/$(if $(CONFIG_NETJSON_MONITORING_IWINFO),true,false)/' \
+		files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/iwinfo.lua > $(1)/usr/lib/lua/openwisp-monitoring/iwinfo.lua
 
+	$(CP) ../VERSION $(1)/usr/lib/openwisp-monitoring/
 endef
 
 define Package/openwisp-monitoring/install
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ define Package/openwisp-monitoring/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
 		files/monitoring.init \
 		$(1)/etc/init.d/openwisp-monitoring
-	
+
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
 		files/openwisp-monitoring.hotplug \
 		$(1)/etc/hotplug.d/openwisp/openwisp-monitoring
diff --git a/openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/iwinfo.lua b/openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/iwinfo.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b5e48a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/iwinfo.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+return {
+  enabled = true
+}
diff --git a/openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/monitoring.lua b/openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/monitoring.lua
index 9f67c448..caebb64e 100644
--- a/openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/monitoring.lua
+++ b/openwisp-monitoring/files/lib/openwisp-monitoring/monitoring.lua
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ monitoring.neighbors = require('openwisp-monitoring.neighbors')
 monitoring.resources = require('openwisp-monitoring.resources')
 monitoring.utils = require('openwisp-monitoring.utils')
 monitoring.wifi = require('openwisp-monitoring.wifi')
+monitoring.iwinfo = require('openwisp-monitoring.iwinfo')
 
 return monitoring
diff --git a/openwisp-monitoring/files/sbin/netjson-monitoring.lua b/openwisp-monitoring/files/sbin/netjson-monitoring.lua
index fb474d8f..8f4200f1 100755
--- a/openwisp-monitoring/files/sbin/netjson-monitoring.lua
+++ b/openwisp-monitoring/files/sbin/netjson-monitoring.lua
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ local function get_wireless_netjson_interface(radio, name, iwinfo)
     name = name,
     type = 'wireless',
   }
+  -- iwinfo disabled
+  if iwinfo == nil then
+    return netjson_interface
+  end
   -- if channel is missing the WiFi interface is not fully up
   -- and hence we avoid including its info because it will be rejected
   if monitoring.utils.is_empty(iwinfo.channel) == false then
@@ -117,7 +121,10 @@ for _, radio in pairs(wireless_status) do
   for _, interface in ipairs(radio.interfaces) do
     local name = interface.ifname
     if name and not monitoring.utils.is_excluded(name) then
-      local iwinfo = ubus:call('iwinfo', 'info', {device = name})
+      local iwinfo = nil
+      if monitoring.iwinfo.enabled then
+        iwinfo = ubus:call('iwinfo', 'info', {device = name})
+      end
       wireless_interfaces[name] = get_wireless_netjson_interface(radio, name, iwinfo)
     end
   end