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authorDenis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com>2018-03-26 12:52:43 -0500
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2018-03-29 13:45:04 +0200
commit64bf3d4bc2b0725b3c5ffadd982a9746bfc738b7 (patch)
tree2e673641d4a1f00b79f82cf506fd24dc1f5b24a2 /include
parent2576a9ace47eba28a682d249d1d6402f891808c9 (diff)
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nl80211: Add CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211 attribute
Signed-off-by: Denis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h3
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h14
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index de2894a..0bd957b 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ struct survey_info {
* allowed through even on unauthorized ports
* @control_port_no_encrypt: TRUE to prevent encryption of control port
* protocol frames.
+ * @control_port_over_nl80211: TRUE if userspace expects to exchange control
+ * port frames over NL80211 instead of the network interface.
* @wep_keys: static WEP keys, if not NULL points to an array of
* CFG80211_MAX_WEP_KEYS WEP keys
* @wep_tx_key: key index (0..3) of the default TX static WEP key
@@ -662,6 +664,7 @@ struct cfg80211_crypto_settings {
bool control_port;
__be16 control_port_ethertype;
bool control_port_no_encrypt;
+ bool control_port_over_nl80211;
struct key_params *wep_keys;
int wep_tx_key;
const u8 *psk;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 3167d6f..15daf5e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -542,7 +542,8 @@
* IEs in %NL80211_ATTR_IE, %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP,
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT,
* %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE,
- * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT, and
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT,
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT, and
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT.
* If included, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ are
* restrictions on BSS selection, i.e., they effectively prevent roaming
@@ -1488,6 +1489,15 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT: When included along with
* %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE, indicates that the custom
* ethertype frames used for key negotiation must not be encrypted.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211: A flag indicating whether control
+ * port frames (e.g. of type given in %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE)
+ * will be sent directly to the network interface or sent via the NL80211
+ * socket. If this attribute is missing, then legacy behavior of sending
+ * control port frames directly to the network interface is used. If the
+ * flag is included, then control port frames are sent over NL80211 instead
+ * using %CMD_CONTROL_PORT_FRAME. If control port routing over NL80211 is
+ * to be used then userspace must also use the %NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER
+ * flag.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_TESTDATA: Testmode data blob, passed through to the driver.
* We recommend using nested, driver-specific attributes within this.
@@ -2647,6 +2657,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_NSS,
NL80211_ATTR_ACK_SIGNAL,
+ NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
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