cfg80211/nl80211: Add userspace authentication flag to mesh setup
During mesh setup, use NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag to create
a secure mesh and route management frames to userspace.
Also, NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY now returns a flag NL80211_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH
if the wiphy's mesh implementation supports routing of mesh auth frames
to userspace. This is useful for forward compatibility between old
kernels and new userspace tools.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index ccd825a..cbedfc2 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_HT_OPMODE] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_CONFIG] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
.len = NL80211_HT_CAPABILITY_LEN },
@@ -594,6 +595,8 @@
if (dev->wiphy.flags & WIPHY_FLAG_IBSS_RSN)
NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN);
+ if (dev->wiphy.flags & WIPHY_FLAG_MESH_AUTH)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH);
NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CIPHER_SUITES,
sizeof(u32) * dev->wiphy.n_cipher_suites,
@@ -2823,6 +2826,7 @@
nl80211_mesh_setup_params_policy[NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
[NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ENABLE_VENDOR_PATH_SEL] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ENABLE_VENDOR_METRIC] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+ [NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
[NL80211_MESH_SETUP_IE] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
.len = IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN },
};
@@ -2934,6 +2938,7 @@
setup->ie = nla_data(ieattr);
setup->ie_len = nla_len(ieattr);
}
+ setup->is_secure = nla_get_flag(tb[NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH]);
return 0;
}