User can configure the beacon tx mode while bring-up the AP
or MESH. Hence, added the support in the nl80211/cfg80211
layer to honour the beacon tx mode configuration and pass
this value to the driver.
Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-00630-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-2
Signed-off-by: Maharaja Kennadyrajan <mkenna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/cfg80211.h | 4 ++++
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 9 +++++++++
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 911fae4..5346569 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1181,6 +1181,7 @@ enum cfg80211_ap_settings_flags {
* @he_oper: HE operation IE (or %NULL if HE isn't enabled)
* @fils_discovery: FILS discovery transmission parameters
* @unsol_bcast_probe_resp: Unsolicited broadcast probe response parameters
+ * @beacon_tx_mode: Beacon Tx Mode setting
*/
struct cfg80211_ap_settings {
struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
@@ -1213,6 +1214,7 @@ struct cfg80211_ap_settings {
struct cfg80211_he_bss_color he_bss_color;
struct cfg80211_fils_discovery fils_discovery;
struct cfg80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp unsol_bcast_probe_resp;
+ enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode beacon_tx_mode;
};
/**
@@ -2060,6 +2062,7 @@ struct mesh_config {
* to operate on DFS channels.
* @control_port_over_nl80211: TRUE if userspace expects to exchange control
* port frames over NL80211 instead of the network interface.
+ * @beacon_tx_mode: Beacon Tx Mode setting.
*
* These parameters are fixed when the mesh is created.
*/
@@ -2083,6 +2086,7 @@ struct mesh_setup {
struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask beacon_rate;
bool userspace_handles_dfs;
bool control_port_over_nl80211;
+ enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode beacon_tx_mode;
};
/**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index ac78da9..70a76b9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2557,6 +2557,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* disassoc events to indicate that an immediate reconnect to the AP
* is desired.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE: used to configure the beacon tx mode as
+ * staggered mode = 1 or burst mode = 2 in %NL80211_CMD_START_AP or
+ * %NL80211_CMD_JOIN_MESH from user-space.
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -3054,6 +3058,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE,
+ NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -7277,4 +7283,13 @@ enum nl80211_sar_specs_attrs {
NL80211_SAR_ATTR_SPECS_MAX = __NL80211_SAR_ATTR_SPECS_LAST - 1,
};
+/**
+ * enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode - Beacon Tx Mode enum.
+ * Used to configure beacon staggered mode or beacon burst mode.
+ */
+enum nl80211_beacon_tx_mode {
+ NL80211_BEACON_STAGGERED_MODE = 1,
+ NL80211_BEACON_BURST_MODE = 2,
+};
+
#endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 521d36b..711f2f4 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
[NL80211_ATTR_RECONNECT_REQUESTED] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
[NL80211_ATTR_SAR_SPEC] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(sar_policy),
[NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE] = NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U32, 1, 2),
};
/* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -5324,6 +5325,10 @@ static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
params.dtim_period =
nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD]);
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE])
+ params.beacon_tx_mode =
+ nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE]);
+
err = cfg80211_validate_beacon_int(rdev, dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype,
params.beacon_interval);
if (err)
@@ -11878,6 +11883,10 @@ static int nl80211_join_mesh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE])
+ setup.beacon_tx_mode =
+ nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TX_MODE]);
+
if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_SETUP]) {
/* parse additional setup parameters if given */
err = nl80211_parse_mesh_setup(info, &setup);
--
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