As per 802.11ax-2021, STAs shall process BSS Color Change Announcement
(BCCA) from AP and switch to new color, but some STAs aren't processing
BCCA from AP and not doing color switch, causing them to drop data
frames from AP post color change.
Provide an option to disable color collision detection and therefore
not to do BCCA to mitigate the same from AP. If it's required in case
where STA supports BCCA handling, then it can enabled in AP using this
option.
Signed-off-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram <quic_ramess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/cfg80211.h | 2 ++
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 3 +++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 54a77d906b2d..c4c84ccf8e20 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -304,11 +304,13 @@ struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd {
* @color: the current color.
* @enabled: HE BSS color is used
* @partial: define the AID equation.
+ * @collision_detection_enabled: HE BSS color collision detection is enabled.
*/
struct cfg80211_he_bss_color {
u8 color;
bool enabled;
bool partial;
+ bool collision_detection_enabled;
};
/**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 8ecb0fbee721..a6068cdabf25 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -7442,6 +7442,8 @@ enum nl80211_obss_pd_attributes {
* @NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_COLOR: the current BSS Color.
* @NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_DISABLED: is BSS coloring disabled.
* @NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_PARTIAL: the AID equation to be used..
+ * @NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_COLLISION_DETECTION_DISABLED: is BSS
+ * color collision detection disabled.
*
* @__NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_LAST: Internal
* @NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_MAX: highest BSS Color attribute.
@@ -7452,6 +7454,7 @@ enum nl80211_bss_color_attributes {
NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_COLOR,
NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_DISABLED,
NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_PARTIAL,
+ NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_COLLISION_DETECTION_DISABLED,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 64cf6110ce9d..ed344731e80e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ he_bss_color_policy[NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
[NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_COLOR] = NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U8, 1, 63),
[NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_DISABLED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
[NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_PARTIAL] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+ [NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_COLLISION_DETECTION_DISABLED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
};
static const struct nla_policy nl80211_txattr_policy[NL80211_TXRATE_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -5414,6 +5415,8 @@ static int nl80211_parse_he_bss_color(struct nlattr *attrs,
!nla_get_flag(tb[NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_DISABLED]);
he_bss_color->partial =
nla_get_flag(tb[NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_PARTIAL]);
+ he_bss_color->collision_detection_enabled =
+ !nla_get_flag(tb[NL80211_HE_BSS_COLOR_ATTR_COLLISION_DETECTION_DISABLED]);
return 0;
}
--
2.17.1
