kernel/linux.git/net/mac80211/vht.c, branch linux-7.1.y

wifi: mac80211: support NAN stations

2026-04-07T13:36:03+00:00

Add support for both NMI and NDI stations. The NDI station will be linked to the NMI station of the NAN peer for which the NDI station is added. A peer can choose to reuse its NMI address as the NDI address. Since different keys might be in use for NAN management and for data frames, we will have 2 different stations, even if they'll have the same address. Even though there are no links in NAN, sta->deflink will still be used to store the one set of capabilities and SMPS mode. Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326121156.9fdd37b8e755.I7a7bd6e8e751cab49c329419485839afd209cfc6@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: don't consider the sband when processing capabilities

2026-03-24T15:32:16+00:00

In NAN, we have one set of (HT, VHT, HE) capabilities for all bands, which means that we will need to process those capabilities without a given sband. To prepare for that, remove the sband argument from ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap and ieee80211_he_cap_ie_to_sta_he_cap and pass our own capabilities instead. For ieee80211_vht_cap_ie_to_sta_vht_cap, make the sband argument optional, since it is also used to check if there is at least one channel that supports 80 MHz. (Note that this check doesn't make much sense, but this can be handled in a different patch.) Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260320141504.e42ef1f0eabb.If994d6346f00219437e22043e7bf2395b827b34a@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: move action code from per-type frame structs

2026-03-06T09:36:26+00:00

The action code actually serves to identify the type of action frame, so it really isn't part of the per-type structure. Pull it out and have it in the general action frame format. In theory, whether or not the action code is present in this way is up to each category, but all categories that are defined right now all have that value. While at it, and since this change requires changing all users, remove the 'u' and make it an anonymous union in this case, so that all code using this changes. Change IEEE80211_MIN_ACTION_SIZE to take an argument which says how much of the frame is needed, e.g. category, action_code or the specific frame type that's defined in the union. Again this also ensures that all code is updated. In some cases, fix bugs where the SKB length was checked after having accessed beyond the checked length, in particular in FTM code, e.g. ieee80211_is_ftm(). Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260226183607.67e71846b59e.I9a24328e3ffcaae179466a935f1c3345029f9961@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: make VHT opmode NSS ignore a debug message

2025-07-15T08:59:11+00:00

There's no need to always print it, it's only useful for debugging specific client issues. Make it a debug message. Reported-by: Paul Menzel Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20250529070922.3467-1-pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de/ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250708105849.22448-2-johannes@sipsolutions.net Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add some support for RX OMI power saving

2025-01-13T14:26:43+00:00

In order to save power, it can be desirable to change the RX operating mode using OMI to reduce the bandwidth. As the handshake must be done in the HTC+ field, it cannot be done by mac80211 directly, so expose functions to the driver to request and finalize the necessary updates. Note that RX OMI really only changes what the peer (AP) will transmit to us, but in order to use it to actually save some power (by reducing the listen bandwidth) we also update rate scaling and then the channel context's mindef accordingly. The updates are split into two in order to sequence them correctly, when reducing bandwidth first reduce the rate scaling and thus TX, then send OMI, then reduce the listen bandwidth (chandef); when increasing bandwidth this is the other way around. This also requires tracking in different variables which part is applicable already. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250101070249.2c1a1934bd73.I4e90fd503504e37f9eac5bdae62e3f07e7071275@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: expose ieee80211_chan_width_to_rx_bw() to drivers

2024-10-23T14:43:38+00:00

Drivers might need to also do this calculation, no point in them duplicating the code. Since it's so simple, just make it an inline. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241007144851.af003cb4a088.I8b5d29504b726caae24af6013c65b3daebe842a2@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: call rate_control_rate_update() for link STA

2024-10-23T14:43:27+00:00

In order to update the right link information, call the update rate_control_rate_update() with the right link_sta, and then pass that through to the driver's sta_rc_update() method. The software rate control still doesn't support it, but that'll be skipped by not having a rate control ref. Since it now operates on a link sta, rename the driver method. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241007144851.5851b6b5fd41.Ibdf50d96afa4b761dd9b9dfd54a1147e77a75329@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211, cfg80211: miscellaneous spelling fixes

2024-10-08T19:52:09+00:00

Correct spelling here and there as suggested by codespell. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240913084919.118862-1-dmantipov@yandex.ru Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: optionally pass chandef to ieee80211_sta_cur_vht_bw()

2024-06-26T08:21:54+00:00

We'll need this as well for channel switching cases, so add the ability now to pass the chandef to calculate for. Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240612143418.f70e05d9f306.Ifa0ce267de4f0ef3c21d063fb0cbf50e84d7d6ff@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: optionally pass chandef to ieee80211_sta_cap_rx_bw()

2024-06-26T08:21:52+00:00

We'll need this function to take a new chandef in (some) channel switching cases, so prepare for that by allowing that to be passed and using it if so. Clean up the code a little bit while at it. Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240612143418.772313f08b6a.If9708249e5870671e745d4c2b02e03b25092bea3@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg