commit 34d505193bd10668acf1caba02d2f66bddc23fea
author Lior David <liord@codeaurora.org> Thu Jan 28 10:58:25 2016 +0200
committer Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Wed Feb 24 09:04:34 2016 +0100
tree 85a3ae638a7394c2d0cd342c918e363fb81cdc96
parent 230fd28a91542f0abfe390bda74702a3504c3df6

cfg80211: basic support for PBSS network type

PBSS (Personal Basic Service Set) is a new BSS type for DMG
networks. It is similar to infrastructure BSS, having an AP-like
entity called PCP (PBSS Control Point), but it has few differences.
PBSS support is mandatory for 11ad devices.

Add support for PBSS by introducing a new PBSS flag attribute.
The PBSS flag is used in the START_AP command to request starting
a PCP instead of an AP, and in the CONNECT command to request
connecting to a PCP instead of an AP.

Signed-off-by: Lior David <liord@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

net/wireless/nl80211.c

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d4786f2..268cb49 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 	[NL80211_ATTR_NETNS_FD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_REG_INDOOR] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_PBSS] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
 /* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -3461,6 +3462,10 @@
 			return PTR_ERR(params.acl);
 	}
 
+	params.pbss = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_PBSS]);
+	if (params.pbss && !rdev->wiphy.bands[IEEE80211_BAND_60GHZ])
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	wdev_lock(wdev);
 	err = rdev_start_ap(rdev, dev, &params);
 	if (!err) {
@@ -7980,6 +7985,12 @@
 		connect.flags |= ASSOC_REQ_USE_RRM;
 	}
 
+	connect.pbss = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_PBSS]);
+	if (connect.pbss && !rdev->wiphy.bands[IEEE80211_BAND_60GHZ]) {
+		kzfree(connkeys);
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	wdev_lock(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
 	err = cfg80211_connect(rdev, dev, &connect, connkeys, NULL);
 	wdev_unlock(dev->ieee80211_ptr);