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| author | John Crispin <john@phrozen.org> | 2021-09-15 19:54:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2021-09-27 15:33:03 +0200 |
| commit | dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504b (patch) | |
| tree | 9dbfa9ed546e3a0bc72f906466b22450cdc22317 /include/uapi/linux | |
| parent | 05075fe7455a210769b266e62a0040ddc98b2739 (diff) | |
nl80211: MBSSID and EMA support in AP mode
Add new attributes to configure support for multiple BSSID
and advanced multi-BSSID advertisements (EMA) in AP mode.
- NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_CONFIG used for per interface configuration.
- NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_ELEMS used to MBSSID elements for beacons.
Memory for the elements is allocated dynamically. This change frees
the memory in existing functions which call nl80211_parse_beacon(),
a comment is added to indicate the new references to do the same.
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Co-developed-by: Aloka Dixit <alokad@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Aloka Dixit <alokad@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210916025437.29138-2-alokad@codeaurora.org
[don't leave ERR_PTR hanging around]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 76 |
1 files changed, 75 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index e89bbf856228..eda608b1eb09 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ * @NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE: Virtual interface was deleted, has attributes * %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY. Can also be sent from * userspace to request deletion of a virtual interface, then requires - * attribute %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX. + * attribute %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX. If multiple BSSID advertisements are + * enabled using %NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_CONFIG, %NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_ELEMS, + * and if this command is used for the transmitting interface, then all + * the non-transmitting interfaces are deleted as well. * * @NL80211_CMD_GET_KEY: Get sequence counter information for a key specified * by %NL80211_ATTR_KEY_IDX and/or %NL80211_ATTR_MAC. @@ -2624,6 +2627,18 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_COLOR_CHANGE_ELEMS: Nested set of attributes containing the IE * information for the time while performing a color switch. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_CONFIG: Nested attribute for multiple BSSID + * advertisements (MBSSID) parameters in AP mode. + * Kernel uses this attribute to indicate the driver's support for MBSSID + * and enhanced multi-BSSID advertisements (EMA AP) to the userspace. + * Userspace should use this attribute to configure per interface MBSSID + * parameters. + * See &enum nl80211_mbssid_config_attributes for details. + * + * @NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_ELEMS: Nested parameter to pass multiple BSSID elements. + * Mandatory parameter for the transmitting interface to enable MBSSID. + * Optional for the non-transmitting interfaces. + * * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use @@ -3127,6 +3142,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_COLOR_CHANGE_COLOR, NL80211_ATTR_COLOR_CHANGE_ELEMS, + NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_CONFIG, + NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_ELEMS, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, @@ -7386,4 +7404,60 @@ enum nl80211_sar_specs_attrs { NL80211_SAR_ATTR_SPECS_MAX = __NL80211_SAR_ATTR_SPECS_LAST - 1, }; +/** + * enum nl80211_mbssid_config_attributes - multiple BSSID (MBSSID) and enhanced + * multi-BSSID advertisements (EMA) in AP mode. + * Kernel uses some of these attributes to advertise driver's support for + * MBSSID and EMA. + * Remaining attributes should be used by the userspace to configure the + * features. + * + * @__NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_INVALID: Invalid + * + * @NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX_INTERFACES: Used by the kernel to advertise + * the maximum number of MBSSID interfaces supported by the driver. + * Driver should indicate MBSSID support by setting + * wiphy->mbssid_max_interfaces to a value more than or equal to 2. + * + * @NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX_EMA_PROFILE_PERIODICITY: Used by the kernel + * to advertise the maximum profile periodicity supported by the driver + * if EMA is enabled. Driver should indicate EMA support to the userspace + * by setting wiphy->mbssid_max_ema_profile_periodicity to + * a non-zero value. + * + * @NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_INDEX: Mandatory parameter to pass the index of + * this BSS (u8) in the multiple BSSID set. + * Value must be set to 0 for the transmitting interface and non-zero for + * all non-transmitting interfaces. The userspace will be responsible + * for using unique indices for the interfaces. + * Range: 0 to wiphy->mbssid_max_interfaces-1. + * + * @NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_TX_IFINDEX: Mandatory parameter for + * a non-transmitted profile which provides the interface index (u32) of + * the transmitted profile. The value must match one of the interface + * indices advertised by the kernel. Optional if the interface being set up + * is the transmitting one, however, if provided then the value must match + * the interface index of the same. + * + * @NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_EMA: Flag used to enable EMA AP feature. + * Setting this flag is permitted only if the driver advertises EMA support + * by setting wiphy->mbssid_max_ema_profile_periodicity to non-zero. + * + * @__NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_LAST: Internal + * @NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute + */ +enum nl80211_mbssid_config_attributes { + __NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_INVALID, + + NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX_INTERFACES, + NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX_EMA_PROFILE_PERIODICITY, + NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_INDEX, + NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_TX_IFINDEX, + NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_EMA, + + /* keep last */ + __NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_LAST, + NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_LAST - 1, +}; + #endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */ |
