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| author | Priyansha Tiwari <priyansha.tiwari@oss.qualcomm.com> | 2026-06-11 11:52:23 +0530 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2026-07-06 12:45:19 +0200 |
| commit | 010e955c203e435d5bdba228fdc1556297d3d7ff (patch) | |
| tree | 5b39f653be0889adb0f6bae3c5b21a7b318543d7 /include/uapi | |
| parent | 4ab9b637b94a3821acfcd6d6037dffe33669245a (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-010e955c203e435d5bdba228fdc1556297d3d7ff.tar.gz linux-next-010e955c203e435d5bdba228fdc1556297d3d7ff.zip | |
wifi: cfg80211/nl80211: add STA-mode peer probing
Add NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PROBE_AP to allow drivers to advertise
support for probing the associated AP from STA/P2P-client mode.
Extend nl80211_probe_peer() to accept STA/P2P-client interfaces
when the driver advertises NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PROBE_AP; in that
case the MAC attribute must be omitted (the peer is implied by
the association).
Update cfg80211_probe_status() to accept an optional peer address
and a link_id parameter (-1 for non-MLO), and include
NL80211_ATTR_MLO_LINK_ID in the event when link_id >= 0.
Update all callers.
Signed-off-by: Priyansha Tiwari <priyansha.tiwari@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611062225.2144241-3-pritiwa@qti.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index d1907dd12a80..6b8071606e6f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -922,13 +922,15 @@ * and wasn't already in a 4-addr VLAN. The event will be sent similarly * to the %NL80211_CMD_UNEXPECTED_FRAME event, to the same listener. * - * @NL80211_CMD_PROBE_PEER: Probe an associated station on an AP interface - * by sending a null data frame to it and reporting when the frame is - * acknowledged. This is used to allow timing out inactive clients. Uses - * %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX and %NL80211_ATTR_MAC. The command returns a - * direct reply with an %NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE that is later used to match - * up the event with the request. The event includes the same data and - * has %NL80211_ATTR_ACK set if the frame was ACKed. + * @NL80211_CMD_PROBE_PEER: Probe a connected peer by sending a null data + * frame and reporting when the frame is acknowledged. + * In AP/GO mode, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC is required to identify the client. + * In STA/P2P-client mode, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC must be omitted (the AP is + * implied); the driver must advertise %NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PROBE_AP. + * The command returns a direct reply with an %NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE that + * is later used to match up the event with the request. The event + * includes the same data and has %NL80211_ATTR_ACK set if the frame + * was ACKed. * * @NL80211_CMD_REGISTER_BEACONS: Register this socket to receive beacons from * other BSSes when any interfaces are in AP mode. This helps implement @@ -7086,6 +7088,9 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags { * LTF key seed via %NL80211_KEY_LTF_SEED. The seed is used to generate * secure LTF keys for secure LTF measurement sessions. * + * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PROBE_AP: Driver supports probing the associated AP + * in STA mode using @NL80211_CMD_PROBE_PEER. + * * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features. * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index. */ @@ -7167,6 +7172,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index { NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_IEEE8021X_AUTH, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_ROC_ADDR_FILTER, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SET_KEY_LTF_SEED, + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PROBE_AP, /* add new features before the definition below */ NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES, |