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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 9ea3d6039eca..15daf5e2638d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -542,7 +542,8 @@
* IEs in %NL80211_ATTR_IE, %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP,
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT,
* %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE,
- * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT, and
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT,
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT, and
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT.
* If included, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ are
* restrictions on BSS selection, i.e., they effectively prevent roaming
@@ -990,6 +991,17 @@
* &NL80211_CMD_CONNECT or &NL80211_CMD_ROAM. If the 4 way handshake failed
* &NL80211_CMD_DISCONNECT should be indicated instead.
*
+ * @NL80211_CMD_CONTROL_PORT_FRAME: Control Port (e.g. PAE) frame TX request
+ * and RX notification. This command is used both as a request to transmit
+ * a control port frame and as a notification that a control port frame
+ * has been received. %NL80211_ATTR_FRAME is used to specify the
+ * frame contents. The frame is the raw EAPoL data, without ethernet or
+ * 802.11 headers.
+ * When used as an event indication %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE,
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT and %NL80211_ATTR_MAC are added
+ * indicating the protocol type of the received frame; whether the frame
+ * was received unencrypted and the MAC address of the peer respectively.
+ *
* @NL80211_CMD_RELOAD_REGDB: Request that the regdb firmware file is reloaded.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH: This interface is exclusively defined for host
@@ -1228,6 +1240,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_STA_OPMODE_CHANGED,
+ NL80211_CMD_CONTROL_PORT_FRAME,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -1475,6 +1489,15 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT: When included along with
* %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE, indicates that the custom
* ethertype frames used for key negotiation must not be encrypted.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211: A flag indicating whether control
+ * port frames (e.g. of type given in %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE)
+ * will be sent directly to the network interface or sent via the NL80211
+ * socket. If this attribute is missing, then legacy behavior of sending
+ * control port frames directly to the network interface is used. If the
+ * flag is included, then control port frames are sent over NL80211 instead
+ * using %CMD_CONTROL_PORT_FRAME. If control port routing over NL80211 is
+ * to be used then userspace must also use the %NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER
+ * flag.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_TESTDATA: Testmode data blob, passed through to the driver.
* We recommend using nested, driver-specific attributes within this.
@@ -2634,6 +2657,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_NSS,
NL80211_ATTR_ACK_SIGNAL,
+ NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -5011,6 +5036,8 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
* channel change triggered by radar detection event.
* No need to start CAC from user-space, no need to react to
* "radar detected" event.
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211: Driver supports sending and
+ * receiving control port frames over nl80211 instead of the netdevice.
*
* @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
* @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
@@ -5042,6 +5069,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_LOW_POWER_SCAN,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_HIGH_ACCURACY_SCAN,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_DFS_OFFLOAD,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211,
/* add new features before the definition below */
NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,