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RE: [PATCHv3 RESEND 06/11] cfg80211: Provide an API to report NAN function termination

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malinen, Jouni [mailto:jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 12:40 PM
> To: Grumbach, Emmanuel <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Otcheretianski, Andrei <andrei.otcheretianski@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 RESEND 06/11] cfg80211: Provide an API to report
> NAN function termination
> 
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:35:04PM +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> > Provide a function that reports NAN DE function termination. The
> > function may be terminated due to one of the following reasons: user
> > request, ttl expiration or failure.
> 
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> > b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> 
> > +/**
> > + * enum nl80211_nan_func_term_reason - NAN functions termination
> > +reason
> > + *
> > + * Defines termination reasons of a NAN function
> > + *
> > + * @NL80211_NAN_FUNC_TERM_REASON_USER_REQUEST: requested
> by user
> > + * @NL80211_NAN_FUNC_TERM_REASON_TTL_EXPIRED: timeout
> > + * @NL80211_NAN_FUNC_TERM_REASON_ERROR: errored  */ enum
> > +nl80211_nan_func_term_reason {
> > +	NL80211_NAN_FUNC_TERM_REASON_USER_REQUEST,
> > +	NL80211_NAN_FUNC_TERM_REASON_TTL_EXPIRED,
> > +	NL80211_NAN_FUNC_TERM_REASON_ERROR,
> > +};
> 
> Can you please add
> NL80211_NAN_FUNC_TERM_REASON_VENDOR_SPECIFIC? That would help
> vendors to implement and send vendor specific reason codes if any.
> 

The termination reasons are defined in the spec. Also adding a single enum value will not help much if the vendor has multiple error codes.
So I think this info should be in a different attribute, if needed.

Andrei.

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> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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