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wifi: cfg80211: Extend cfg80211_new_sta() for MLD AP

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Add support for drivers to indicate STA connection(MLO/non-MLO) when
user space SME (e.g., hostapd) is not used for MLD AP.

Add new parameters in struct station_info to provide below information
in cfg80211_new_sta() call:
- MLO link ID of the AP, with which station completed (re)association.
  This is applicable for both MLO and non-MLO station connections when
  the AP affiliated with an MLD.
- Station's MLD address if the connection is MLO capable.
- (Re)Association Response IEs sent to the station. User space needs
  this to determine rejected and accepted affiliated links information
  of the connected station if the connection is MLO capable.

Signed-off-by: Veerendranath Jakkam <quic_vjakkam@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230126143256.960563-2-quic_vjakkam@quicinc.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Veerendranath Jakkam 2023-01-26 20:02:55 +05:30 committed by Johannes Berg
parent 9288188438
commit a42e59eb96
2 changed files with 40 additions and 0 deletions
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include/net/cfg80211.h
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@ -1876,6 +1876,24 @@ struct cfg80211_tid_stats {
* received packet with an FCS error matches the peer MAC address.
* @airtime_link_metric: mesh airtime link metric.
* @connected_to_as: true if mesh STA has a path to authentication server
* @mlo_params_valid: Indicates @assoc_link_id and @mld_addr fields are filled
* by driver. Drivers use this only in cfg80211_new_sta() calls when AP
* MLD's MLME/SME is offload to driver. Drivers won't fill this
* information in cfg80211_del_sta_sinfo(), get_station() and
* dump_station() callbacks.
* @assoc_link_id: Indicates MLO link ID of the AP, with which the station
* completed (re)association. This information filled for both MLO
* and non-MLO STA connections when the AP affiliated with an MLD.
* @mld_addr: For MLO STA connection, filled with MLD address of the station.
* For non-MLO STA connection, filled with all zeros.
* @assoc_resp_ies: IEs from (Re)Association Response.
* This is used only when in AP mode with drivers that do not use user
* space MLME/SME implementation. The information is provided only for the
* cfg80211_new_sta() calls to notify user space of the IEs. Drivers won't
* fill this information in cfg80211_del_sta_sinfo(), get_station() and
* dump_station() callbacks. User space needs this information to determine
* the accepted and rejected affiliated links of the connected station.
* @assoc_resp_ies_len: Length of @assoc_resp_ies buffer in octets.
*/
struct station_info {
u64 filled;
@ -1935,6 +1953,12 @@ struct station_info {
u32 airtime_link_metric;
u8 connected_to_as;
bool mlo_params_valid;
u8 assoc_link_id;
u8 mld_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
const u8 *assoc_resp_ies;
size_t assoc_resp_ies_len;
};
/**

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net/wireless/nl80211.c
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@ -6527,6 +6527,22 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
sinfo->assoc_req_ies))
goto nla_put_failure;
if (sinfo->assoc_resp_ies_len &&
nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_RESP_IE, sinfo->assoc_resp_ies_len,
sinfo->assoc_resp_ies))
goto nla_put_failure;
if (sinfo->mlo_params_valid) {
if (nla_put_u8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MLO_LINK_ID,
sinfo->assoc_link_id))
goto nla_put_failure;
if (!is_zero_ether_addr(sinfo->mld_addr) &&
nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MLD_ADDR, ETH_ALEN,
sinfo->mld_addr))
goto nla_put_failure;
}
cfg80211_sinfo_release_content(sinfo);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
return 0;