From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
In many cases, userspace may need to know which of the
extended capabilities are implemented in the driver or
device, to include them e.g. in beacons, association
request/response or other frames. Add a new nl80211
attribute that holds the extended capabilities bitmap
supported by the driver/device for this.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/cfg80211.h | 7 +++++++
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 5 +++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index bc670b2..04801f4 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -2463,6 +2463,10 @@ struct wiphy_wowlan_support {
*
* @max_acl_mac_addrs: Maximum number of MAC addresses that the device
* supports for ACL.
+ *
+ * @extended_capabilities: extended capabilities supported by the driver,
+ * additional capabilities might be supported by userspace
+ * @extended_capabilities_len: length of the extended capabilities
*/
struct wiphy {
/* assign these fields before you register the wiphy */
@@ -2529,6 +2533,9 @@ struct wiphy {
*/
u32 probe_resp_offload;
+ const u8 *extended_capabilities;
+ u8 extended_capabilities_len;
+
/* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g.
* a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't
* know whether it points to a wiphy your driver has registered
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 1ed7e1c..e0b6424 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1342,6 +1342,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* number of MAC addresses that a device can support for MAC
* ACL.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA: Extended capabilities that the kernel driver
+ * has and handles. The format is the same as the IE contents.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1620,6 +1623,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_MAC_ACL_MAX,
+ NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index b19c822..86a982b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1354,6 +1354,12 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flag
dev->wiphy.max_acl_mac_addrs))
goto nla_put_failure;
+ if (dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities &&
+ nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA,
+ dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities_len,
+ dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
nla_put_failure:
--
1.8.0
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