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-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h12
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h17
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 54a77d906b2d..bcde215475c6 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -3600,6 +3600,17 @@ struct cfg80211_pmk_conf {
* the real status code for failures. Used only for the authentication
* response command interface (user space to driver).
* @pmkid: The identifier to refer a PMKSA.
+ * @mld_addr: MLD address of the peer. Used by the authentication request event
+ * interface. Driver indicates this to enable MLO during the authentication
+ * offload to user space. Driver shall look at %NL80211_ATTR_MLO_SUPPORT
+ * flag capability in NL80211_CMD_CONNECT to know whether the user space
+ * supports enabling MLO during the authentication offload.
+ * User space should use the address of the interface (on which the
+ * authentication request event reported) as self MLD address. User space
+ * and driver should use MLD addresses in RA, TA and BSSID fields of
+ * authentication frames sent or received via cfg80211. The driver
+ * translates the MLD addresses to/from link addresses based on the link
+ * chosen for the authentication.
*/
struct cfg80211_external_auth_params {
enum nl80211_external_auth_action action;
@@ -3608,6 +3619,7 @@ struct cfg80211_external_auth_params {
unsigned int key_mgmt_suite;
u16 status;
const u8 *pmkid;
+ u8 mld_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
};
/**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 8ecb0fbee721..a984c6c4cf02 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1167,6 +1167,23 @@
* %NL80211_ATTR_STATUS_CODE attribute in %NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH
* command interface.
*
+ * Host driver sends MLD address of the AP with %NL80211_ATTR_MLD_ADDR in
+ * %NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH event to indicate user space to enable MLO
+ * during the authentication offload in STA mode while connecting to MLD
+ * APs. Host driver should check %NL80211_ATTR_MLO_SUPPORT flag capability
+ * in %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT to know whether the user space supports enabling
+ * MLO during the authentication offload or not.
+ * User space should enable MLO during the authentication only when it
+ * receives the AP MLD address in authentication offload request. User
+ * space shouldn't enable MLO when the authentication offload request
+ * doesn't indicate the AP MLD address even if the AP is MLO capable.
+ * User space should use %NL80211_ATTR_MLD_ADDR as peer's MLD address and
+ * interface address identified by %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX as self MLD
+ * address. User space and host driver to use MLD addresses in RA, TA and
+ * BSSID fields of the frames between them, and host driver translates the
+ * MLD addresses to/from link addresses based on the link chosen for the
+ * authentication.
+ *
* Host driver reports this status on an authentication failure to the
* user space through the connect result as the user space would have
* initiated the connection through the connect request.