cfg80211: allow using CQM event to notify packet loss
This adds the ability for drivers to use CQM events
to notify about packet loss for specific stations
(which could be the AP for the managed mode case).
Since the threshold might be determined by the
driver (it isn't passed in right now) it will be
passed out of the driver to userspace in the event.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index dd4c43f..0663945 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -2601,6 +2601,18 @@
enum nl80211_cqm_rssi_threshold_event rssi_event,
gfp_t gfp);
+/**
+ * cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify - notify userspace about packetloss to peer
+ * @dev: network device
+ * @peer: peer's MAC address
+ * @num_packets: how many packets were lost -- should be a fixed threshold
+ * but probably no less than maybe 50, or maybe a throughput dependent
+ * threshold (to account for temporary interference)
+ * @gfp: context flags
+ */
+void cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify(struct net_device *dev,
+ const u8 *peer, u32 num_packets, gfp_t gfp);
+
/* Logging, debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
/* wiphy_printk helpers, similar to dev_printk */