Introduce new feature flags for OWE offload that driver can
advertise to indicate kernel/application space to avoid DH IE
handling. When this flag is advertised, the driver/device will
take care of DH IE inclusion and processing of peer DH IE to
generate PMK.
Signed-off-by: Vinayak Yadawad <vinayak.yadawad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 88eb85c63029..5548cccc5c1c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -334,6 +334,15 @@
* use %NL80211_CMD_START_AP or similar functions.
*/
+/**
+ * DOC: OWE DH IE handling offload
+ *
+ * By setting @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OWE_OFFLOAD flag, drivers can indicate
+ * kernel/application space to avoid DH IE handling. When this flag is
+ * advertised, the driver/device will take care of DH IE inclusion and
+ * processing of peer DH IE to generate PMK.
+ */
+
/**
* enum nl80211_commands - supported nl80211 commands
*
@@ -6400,6 +6409,12 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
* in authentication and deauthentication frames sent to unassociated peer
* using @NL80211_CMD_FRAME.
*
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OWE_OFFLOAD: Driver/Device wants to do OWE DH IE
+ * handling in station mode.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OWE_OFFLOAD_AP: Driver/Device wants to do OWE DH IE
+ * handling in AP mode.
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
* @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
*/
@@ -6471,6 +6486,8 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PUNCT,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SECURE_NAN,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AUTH_AND_DEAUTH_RANDOM_TA,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OWE_OFFLOAD,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OWE_OFFLOAD_AP,
/* add new features before the definition below */
NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,
--
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