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| author | Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com> | 2014-11-27 09:44:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2014-11-28 14:33:41 +0100 |
| commit | ad932f046fbe9839479350e7b88082a7d1dea498 (patch) | |
| tree | bde027962f8f061558db060102872d7de0435adf /include/net/regulatory.h | |
| parent | 336004e29115e47253f7e7d007df9e1f9e73dcdd (diff) | |
| download | lwn-ad932f046fbe9839479350e7b88082a7d1dea498.tar.gz lwn-ad932f046fbe9839479350e7b88082a7d1dea498.zip | |
cfg80211: leave invalid channels on regdomain change
When the regulatory settings change, some channels might become invalid.
Disconnect interfaces acting on these channels, after giving userspace
code a grace period to leave them.
This mode is currently opt-in, and not all interface operating modes are
supported for regulatory-enforcement checks. A wiphy that wishes to use
the new enforcement code must specify an appropriate regulatory flag,
and all its supported interface modes must be supported by the checking
code.
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
[fix some indentation, typos]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/regulatory.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/regulatory.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/regulatory.h b/include/net/regulatory.h index dad7ab20a8cb..b776d72d84be 100644 --- a/include/net/regulatory.h +++ b/include/net/regulatory.h @@ -136,6 +136,17 @@ struct regulatory_request { * otherwise initiating radiation is not allowed. This will enable the * relaxations enabled under the CFG80211_REG_RELAX_NO_IR configuration * option + * @REGULATORY_IGNORE_STALE_KICKOFF: the regulatory core will _not_ make sure + * all interfaces on this wiphy reside on allowed channels. If this flag + * is not set, upon a regdomain change, the interfaces are given a grace + * period (currently 60 seconds) to disconnect or move to an allowed + * channel. Interfaces on forbidden channels are forcibly disconnected. + * Currently these types of interfaces are supported for enforcement: + * NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC, NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION, NL80211_IFTYPE_AP, + * NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN, NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR, + * NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT, NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO, + * NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE. The flag will be set by default if a device + * includes any modes unsupported for enforcement checking. */ enum ieee80211_regulatory_flags { REGULATORY_CUSTOM_REG = BIT(0), @@ -144,6 +155,7 @@ enum ieee80211_regulatory_flags { REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_FOLLOW_POWER = BIT(3), REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE = BIT(4), REGULATORY_ENABLE_RELAX_NO_IR = BIT(5), + REGULATORY_IGNORE_STALE_KICKOFF = BIT(6), }; struct ieee80211_freq_range { |