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Re: [PATCH 1/3] wifi: cfg80211: add support for link id attribute in NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION

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On 1/24/2024 5:28 AM, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> Currently whenever NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION command is called without any
> MAC address, all stations present on that interface are flushed.
> However with MLO there is a need to flush the stations from a particular
> link in the interface, and not from all the links associated with the MLD
> interface.
> 
> For example - 2 GHz and 5 GHz are part of an AP MLD. When 2 GHz BSS is
> brought up, it sends flush command on the interface (MLD). Then eventually

"it sends": can you please clarify what "it" is

> 5 GHZ links comes up and that also sends the command on the same interface.

"that also sends": likewise what is "that"

> Now by the time 5 GHz link comes up, if any station gets connected to 2 GHz
> link, it would be flushed while 5 GHz link is started which is wrong.
> 
> Hence, add an option to pass link ID as well in the command so that if link
> ID is passed, station using that passed link ID alone would be deleted
> and others will not be removed.
> 
> A subsequent patch would add logic to delete only the station using the
> passed link ID.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Actual code change LGTM




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