> Add a new NL command, NL80211_CMD_SET_TID_CONFIG to support
> data TID specific configuration. This per TID configurations
> are passed in NL80211_ATTR_TID_CONFIG which is a nested
> attribute. This patch adds support to configure per TID
> noack policy through NL80211_TID_ATTR_CONFIG_NOACK attribute.
> Data TID value for this configuration will be passed through
> NL80211_TID_ATTR_CONFIG_TID attribute. When the user-space wants
> this configuration peer specific rather than being applied for
> all the connected stations, MAC address of the peer can be passed
> in NL80211_ATTR_MAC attribute. This patch introduced
> enum ieee80211_tid_conf_mask to notify the driver that which
> configuration modified.
> Driver supporting data TID specific noack policy configuration
> should be advertise through NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_TID_NOACK_CONFIG
> and supporting per STA data TID noack policy configuration
> should be advertise through NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_STA_NOACK_CONFIG
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamizh chelvam <tamizhr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
...
> diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> index ff760ba..4881bfb6 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
> @@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ static int validate_ie_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
> NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(nl80211_psmr_peer_attr_policy),
> };
>
> +static const struct nla_policy
> +nl80211_tid_attr_config_policy[NL80211_TID_ATTR_CONFIG_MAX + 1] = {
> + [NL80211_TID_ATTR_CONFIG_TID] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
> + [NL80211_TID_ATTR_CONFIG_NOACK] =
> + NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, NL80211_TID_CONFIG_DISABLE),
> +};
> +
IIUC, in the current version of the patch set no specific value of
NL80211_TID_ATTR_CONFIG_TID attribute is reserved for 'apply to all tids'
command. It could be left up to drivers. But we need some convention for
userspace tools (e.g. iw) anyway.
Regards,
Sergey
