kernel/linux.git/net/wireless/reg.c, branch v7.2-rc1

wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Add NL80211_IFTYPE_PD for PD PASN and PMSR operations

2026-05-05T11:28:57+00:00

Add a new wdev-only interface type NL80211_IFTYPE_PD to support Proximity Detection (PD) operations such as PASN and peer measurement operations. This interface type operates without a netdev, similar to P2P_DEVICE and NAN interfaces. Implement support across cfg80211 and mac80211 layers with PD-specific checks gated by the NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SECURE_RTT feature flag, management frame registration and transmission capabilities, and proper channel context handling where PD interfaces are excluded from bandwidth calculations. Update mac80211 to recognize the new interface type in the relevant paths for this management-only interface. PD discovery can be performed on any available interface, such as NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION. If PD/PMSR uses the MAC address of an existing interface type, such as NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION, then pairing and measurement shall use that same interface. If PD/PMSR uses a different MAC address, such as a random MAC address, then pairing and measurement can be performed on a new NL80211_IFTYPE_PD interface created with that random MAC address. Signed-off-by: Peddolla Harshavardhan Reddy Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420090856.2152905-4-peddolla.reddy@oss.qualcomm.com [fix comment style] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: cfg80211: add support for NAN data interface

2026-03-25T19:56:53+00:00

This new interface type represents a NAN data interface (NDI). It is used for data communication with NAN peers. Note that the existing NL80211_IFTYPE_NAN interface, which is the NAN Management Interface (NMI), is used for management communication. An NDI interface is started when a new NAN data path is about to be established, and is stopped after the NAN data path is terminated. - An NDI interface can only be started if the NMI is running, and NAN is started. - Before the NMI is stopped, the NDI interfaces will be stopped. Add the new interface type, handle add/remove operations for it, and makes sure of the conditions above. Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260219114327.0d681335c2e2.I92973483e927820ae2297853c141842fdb262747@changeid Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260318123926.206536-4-miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: cfg80211: make sure NAN chandefs are valid

2026-03-25T19:56:05+00:00

Until now there was not handling for NAN in reg_wdev_chan_valid. Now as this wdev might use chandefs, check the validity of those. Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260108102921.51b42ffc9a42.Iacb030fc17027afb55707ca1d6dc146631d55767@changeid Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260219094725.3846371-4-miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260318123926.206536-3-miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: Add SPDX ids to some files in the wireless subsystem

2026-03-06T09:54:23+00:00

Add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to some files where they are missing in the net/wireless directory. Remove licensing text from individual files headers (where present) to canonicalize the library references. Use (mostly) either GPL-2.0 or ISC, depending on the license wording (or not) in the files. radiotap.c does not mention which BSD variant it intends for the license. My selection of 'OR BSD-2-Clause' for radiotap.c was based on research into this code's history and its licensing elsewhere. In OpenBSD, radiotap code (which likely either derived from this code, or this code was derived from) has the BSD-2-Clause license. Very similar code in the radiotap library user space tool, by the same authors Andy Green and Johannes Berg, has an ISC license. Also the ISC license is used by Johannes for other contributions in the Linux wireless system. Since the radiotap.c license text here mentions BSD, but not a specific version, I chose the closest BSD variant to ISC, which is BSD-2-Clause. Signed-off-by: Tim Bird Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260305220422.24161-1-tim.bird@sony.com [modify subject since it's not all radiotap] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex() interface. As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather than 'objs*'. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

wifi: cfg80211: add initial UHR support

2026-02-02T09:11:07+00:00

Add initial support for making UHR connections (or suppressing that), adding UHR capable stations on the AP side, encoding and decoding UHR MCSes (except rate calculation for the new MCSes 17, 19, 20 and 23) as well as regulatory support. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260130164259.54cc12fbb307.I26126bebd83c7ab17e99827489f946ceabb3521f@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: cfg80211: don't apply HT flags to S1G channels

2026-01-13T09:44:26+00:00

HT flags don't really make sense when applied to S1G channels especially given the bandwidths both used for calculations and conveyed (i.e 20MHz). Similarly with the 80/160/..MHz channels, each bonded subchannel is validated individually within cfg80211_s1g_usable(), so the regulatory validation is similarly redundant. Additionally, usermode application output (such as iwinfo below) doesn't particularly make sense when enumerating S1G channels: before: 925.500 MHz (Band: 900 MHz, Channel 47) [NO_HT40+, NO_HT40-, NO_16MHZ] 926.500 MHz (Band: 900 MHz, Channel 49) [NO_HT40+, NO_HT40-, NO_16MHZ] 927.500 MHz (Band: 900 MHz, Channel 51) [NO_HT40+, NO_HT40-, NO_16MHZ, NO_PRIMARY] after: 925.500 MHz (Band: 900 MHz, Channel 47) [NO_16MHZ] 926.500 MHz (Band: 900 MHz, Channel 49) [NO_16MHZ] 927.500 MHz (Band: 900 MHz, Channel 51) [NO_16MHZ, NO_PRIMARY] Don't process the S1G band when applying HT flags as both the regulatory component is redundant and the flags don't make sense for S1G channels. Signed-off-by: Lachlan Hodges Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260113030934.18726-1-lachlan.hodges@morsemicro.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: cfg80211: add cfg80211_stop_link() for per-link teardown

2026-01-08T12:11:01+00:00

Currently, whenever cfg80211_stop_iface() is called, the entire iface is stopped. However, there could be a need in AP/P2P_GO mode, where one would like to stop a single link in MLO operation instead of the whole MLD interface. Hence, introduce cfg80211_stop_link() to allow drivers to tear down only a specified AP/P2P_GO link during MLO operation. Passing -1 preserves the existing behavior of stopping the whole interface. Make cfg80211_stop_iface() call this function by passing -1 to keep the default behavior the same, that is, to stop all links and use cfg80211_stop_link() with the desired link_id for AP/P2P_GO mode, to stop only that link. This brings no behavioral change for single-link/non-MLO interfaces, and enables drivers to stop an AP/P2P_GO link without disrupting other links on the same interface. Signed-off-by: Manish Dharanenthiran Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251127-stop_link-v2-1-43745846c5fd@qti.qualcomm.com [make cfg80211_stop_iface() inline] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg