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| author | Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi@quicinc.com> | 2024-02-05 19:29:50 +0300 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2024-02-12 23:11:24 +0300 |
| commit | f6ca96aa51a4ae1b3a416fbe85acdf1197c405a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f088d75d5b2ecaba595235877c3e4234da6f78f /include | |
| parent | 6f656131f6988709e3bf828c3ad992032b717c2e (diff) | |
| download | linux-f6ca96aa51a4ae1b3a416fbe85acdf1197c405a6.tar.xz | |
wifi: cfg80211: add support for link id attribute in NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION
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 such stations only which are
using at least a particular link from the AP MLD interface.
For example - 2 GHz and 5 GHz are part of an AP MLD.
To this interface, following stations are connected -
1. One non-EHT STA on 2 GHz link.
2. One non-EHT STA on 5 GHz link.
3. One Multi-Link STA having 2 GHz and 5 GHz as active links.
Now if currently, NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION is issued by the 2 GHz link
without any MAC address, it would flush all station entries. However,
flushing of station entry #2 at least is not desireable since it
is connected to 5 GHz link alone.
Hence, add an option to pass link ID as well in the command so that if link
ID is passed, stations using that passed link ID alone would be flushed
and others will not.
So after this, station entries #1 and #3 alone would be flushed and #2 will
remain as it is.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240205162952.1697646-2-quic_adisi@quicinc.com
[clarify documentation]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index f52f989a54ad..62894b024e88 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -1780,11 +1780,15 @@ struct station_parameters { * @subtype: Management frame subtype to use for indicating removal * (10 = Disassociation, 12 = Deauthentication) * @reason_code: Reason code for the Disassociation/Deauthentication frame + * @link_id: Link ID indicating a link that stations to be flushed must be + * using; valid only for MLO, but can also be -1 for MLO to really + * remove all stations. */ struct station_del_parameters { const u8 *mac; u8 subtype; u16 reason_code; + int link_id; }; /** diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 853ac538a686..805bfe712971 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ * %NL80211_ATTR_REASON_CODE can optionally be used to specify which type * of disconnection indication should be sent to the station * (Deauthentication or Disassociation frame and reason code for that - * frame). + * frame). %NL80211_ATTR_MLO_LINK_ID can be used optionally to remove + * stations connected and using at least that link as one of its links. * * @NL80211_CMD_GET_MPATH: Get mesh path attributes for mesh path to * destination %NL80211_ATTR_MAC on the interface identified by |