cfg80211: Add support to set tx power for a station associated

This patch adds support to set transmit power setting type and transmit
power level attributes to NL80211_CMD_SET_STATION in order to facilitate
adjusting the transmit power level of a station associated to the AP.

The added attributes allow selection of automatic and limited transmit
power level, with the level defined in dBm format.

Co-developed-by: Balaji Pothunoori <bpothuno@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj Nagarajan <arnagara@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Balaji Pothunoori <bpothuno@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 2b039802ae2e..2ea04e94b522 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -975,6 +975,27 @@ enum station_parameters_apply_mask {
 	STATION_PARAM_APPLY_UAPSD = BIT(0),
 	STATION_PARAM_APPLY_CAPABILITY = BIT(1),
 	STATION_PARAM_APPLY_PLINK_STATE = BIT(2),
+	STATION_PARAM_APPLY_STA_TXPOWER = BIT(3),
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct sta_txpwr - station txpower configuration
+ *
+ * Used to configure txpower for station.
+ *
+ * @power: tx power (in dBm) to be used for sending data traffic. If tx power
+ *	is not provided, the default per-interface tx power setting will be
+ *	overriding. Driver should be picking up the lowest tx power, either tx
+ *	power per-interface or per-station.
+ * @type: In particular if TPC %type is NL80211_TX_POWER_LIMITED then tx power
+ *	will be less than or equal to specified from userspace, whereas if TPC
+ *	%type is NL80211_TX_POWER_AUTOMATIC then it indicates default tx power.
+ *	NL80211_TX_POWER_FIXED is not a valid configuration option for
+ *	per peer TPC.
+ */
+struct sta_txpwr {
+	s16 power;
+	enum nl80211_tx_power_setting type;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1049,6 +1070,7 @@ struct station_parameters {
 	const struct ieee80211_he_cap_elem *he_capa;
 	u8 he_capa_len;
 	u16 airtime_weight;
+	struct sta_txpwr txpwr;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index e75615bf4453..25f70dd2b583 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2315,6 +2315,15 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_AIRTIME_WEIGHT: Station's weight when scheduled by the airtime
  *	scheduler.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_TX_POWER_SETTING: Transmit power setting type (u8) for
+ *	station associated with the AP. See &enum nl80211_tx_power_setting for
+ *	possible values.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_TX_POWER: Transmit power level (s16) in dBm units. This
+ *	allows to set Tx power for a station. If this attribute is not included,
+ *	the default per-interface tx power setting will be overriding. Driver
+ *	should be picking up the lowest tx power, either tx power per-interface
+ *	or per-station.
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2765,6 +2774,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 	NL80211_ATTR_PEER_MEASUREMENTS,
 
 	NL80211_ATTR_AIRTIME_WEIGHT,
+	NL80211_ATTR_STA_TX_POWER_SETTING,
+	NL80211_ATTR_STA_TX_POWER,
 
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
@@ -5391,6 +5402,9 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCHED_SCAN_BAND_SPECIFIC_RSSI_THOLD: Driver supports
  *	filtering of sched scan results using band specific RSSI thresholds.
  *
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_STA_TX_PWR: This driver supports controlling tx power
+ *	to a station.
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
  * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
  */
@@ -5434,6 +5448,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AP_PMKSA_CACHING,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCHED_SCAN_BAND_SPECIFIC_RSSI_THOLD,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_EXT_KEY_ID,
+	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_STA_TX_PWR,
 
 	/* add new features before the definition below */
 	NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,