From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This is useful when creating virtual interfaces.
Keeps udev from mucking with things it shouldn't, since
the default MAC is never seen by udev when specified on
the cmd-line during creation.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/cfg80211.h | 9 ++++++---
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 4 ++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 39d7996..f67948e 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -319,9 +319,12 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band {
/**
* struct vif_params - describes virtual interface parameters
* @use_4addr: use 4-address frames
- * @macaddr: address to use for this virtual interface. This will only
- * be used for non-netdevice interfaces. If this parameter is set
- * to zero address the driver may determine the address as needed.
+ * @macaddr: address to use for this virtual interface.
+ * If this parameter is set to zero address the driver may
+ * determine the address as needed.
+ * This feature is only fully supported by drivers that enable the
+ * %NL80211_FEATURE_MAC_ON_CREATE flag. Others may support creating
+ ** only p2p devices with specified MAC.
*/
struct vif_params {
int use_4addr;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index be1d5de..f7daae5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -4056,6 +4056,9 @@ enum nl80211_ap_sme_features {
* TSPEC sessions (TID aka TSID 0-7) with the %NL80211_CMD_ADD_TX_TS
* command. Standard IEEE 802.11 TSPEC setup is not yet supported, it
* needs to be able to handle Block-Ack agreements and other things.
+ * @NL80211_FEATURE_MAC_ON_CREATE: Device supports configuring
+ * the vif's MAC address upon creation.
+ * See 'macaddr' field in the vif_params (cfg80211.h).
*/
enum nl80211_feature_flags {
NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS = 1 << 0,
@@ -4085,6 +4088,7 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
NL80211_FEATURE_STATIC_SMPS = 1 << 24,
NL80211_FEATURE_DYNAMIC_SMPS = 1 << 25,
NL80211_FEATURE_SUPPORTS_WMM_ADMISSION = 1 << 26,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_MAC_ON_CREATE = 1 << 27,
};
/**
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d98d4ea..5ecb46c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
!(rdev->wiphy.interface_modes & (1 << type)))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (type == NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE && info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]) {
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]) {
nla_memcpy(params.macaddr, info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC],
ETH_ALEN);
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(params.macaddr))
--
1.7.11.7
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