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authortamizhr@codeaurora.org <tamizhr@codeaurora.org>2018-01-31 13:54:49 +0300
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2018-01-31 14:57:44 +0300
commit466b9936bf93b7ec3bce1dcd493262ff0a8a4f44 (patch)
tree77ad5b4eade717ca3b790187501a235b22f96e7f /net/wireless
parent25b0ba7ebbc5ffa5a64d752b85af78e6e517e3b2 (diff)
downloadlinux-466b9936bf93b7ec3bce1dcd493262ff0a8a4f44.tar.xz
cfg80211: Add support to notify station's opmode change to userspace
ht/vht action frames will be sent to AP from station to notify change of its ht/vht opmode(max bandwidth, smps mode or nss) modified values. Currently these valuse used by driver/firmware for rate control algorithm. This patch introduces NL80211_CMD_STA_OPMODE_CHANGED command to notify those modified/current supported values(max bandwidth, smps mode, max nss) to userspace application. This will be useful for the application like steering, which closely monitoring station's capability changes. Since the application has taken these values during station association. Signed-off-by: Tamizh chelvam <tamizhr@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c55
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index bdb70fe74e3c..cc6ec5bab676 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -14950,6 +14950,61 @@ nl80211_radar_notify(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
nlmsg_free(msg);
}
+void cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac,
+ struct sta_opmode_info *sta_opmode,
+ gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_rdev(wdev->wiphy);
+ void *hdr;
+
+ if (WARN_ON(!mac))
+ return;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, gfp);
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_STA_OPMODE_CHANGED);
+ if (!hdr) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ if (nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ if ((sta_opmode->changed & STA_OPMODE_SMPS_MODE_CHANGED) &&
+ nla_put_u8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SMPS_MODE, sta_opmode->smps_mode))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ if ((sta_opmode->changed & STA_OPMODE_MAX_BW_CHANGED) &&
+ nla_put_u8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CHANNEL_WIDTH, sta_opmode->bw))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ if ((sta_opmode->changed & STA_OPMODE_N_SS_CHANGED) &&
+ nla_put_u8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_NSS, sta_opmode->rx_nss))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+ genlmsg_multicast_netns(&nl80211_fam, wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
+ NL80211_MCGRP_MLME, gfp);
+
+ return;
+
+nla_put_failure:
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_sta_opmode_change_notify);
+
void cfg80211_probe_status(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
u64 cookie, bool acked, gfp_t gfp)
{