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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt) | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/tx.c | 2 |
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index b3608b177a8b..81c1834bfb57 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ Contents: l2tp lapb-module ltpc + mac80211-injection .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst index d58d78df9ca2..75d4edcae852 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================================= How to use packet injection with mac80211 ========================================= mac80211 now allows arbitrary packets to be injected down any Monitor Mode interface from userland. The packet you inject needs to be composed in the -following format: +following format:: [ radiotap header ] [ ieee80211 header ] @@ -18,15 +21,19 @@ radiotap headers and used to control injection: * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FCS: FCS will be removed and recalculated - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_WEP: frame will be encrypted if key available - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FRAG: frame will be fragmented if longer than the + ========================= =========================================== + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FCS FCS will be removed and recalculated + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_WEP frame will be encrypted if key available + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FRAG frame will be fragmented if longer than the current fragmentation threshold. + ========================= =========================================== * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_FLAGS - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_TX_NOACK: frame should be sent without waiting for + ============================= ======================================== + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_TX_NOACK frame should be sent without waiting for an ACK even if it is a unicast frame + ============================= ======================================== * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE @@ -37,8 +44,10 @@ radiotap headers and used to control injection: HT rate for the transmission (only for devices without own rate control). Also some flags are parsed - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_SGI: use short guard interval - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_40: send in HT40 mode + ============================ ======================== + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_SGI use short guard interval + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_40 send in HT40 mode + ============================ ======================== * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES @@ -51,17 +60,17 @@ radiotap headers and used to control injection: without own rate control). Also other fields are parsed flags field - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_SGI: use short guard interval + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_SGI: use short guard interval bandwidth field - 1: send using 40MHz channel width - 4: send using 80MHz channel width - 11: send using 160MHz channel width + * 1: send using 40MHz channel width + * 4: send using 80MHz channel width + * 11: send using 160MHz channel width The injection code can also skip all other currently defined radiotap fields facilitating replay of captured radiotap headers directly. -Here is an example valid radiotap header defining some parameters +Here is an example valid radiotap header defining some parameters:: 0x00, 0x00, // <-- radiotap version 0x0b, 0x00, // <- radiotap header length @@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ Here is an example valid radiotap header defining some parameters 0x01 //<-- antenna The ieee80211 header follows immediately afterwards, looking for example like -this: +this:: 0x08, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, @@ -84,10 +93,10 @@ Then lastly there is the payload. After composing the packet contents, it is sent by send()-ing it to a logical mac80211 interface that is in Monitor mode. Libpcap can also be used, (which is easier than doing the work to bind the socket to the right -interface), along the following lines: +interface), along the following lines::: ppcap = pcap_open_live(szInterfaceName, 800, 1, 20, szErrbuf); -... + ... r = pcap_inject(ppcap, u8aSendBuffer, nLength); You can also find a link to a complete inject application here: diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 956999d2d979..33bfc9e4aead 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -10079,7 +10079,7 @@ S: Maintained W: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-next.git -F: Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt +F: Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst F: Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/mac80211_hwsim.rst F: drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.[ch] F: include/net/mac80211.h diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index 82846aca86d9..9849c14694db 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ static bool ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap(struct ieee80211_local *local, /* * Please update the file - * Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt + * Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst * when parsing new fields here. */ |