commit eccb8e8f0c3af47aeb6dbe4012eb8d4fc888767a
author Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Mon May 11 21:57:56 2009 +0300
committer John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Wed May 13 15:44:35 2009 -0400
tree 3705a833e4a5efb08beb2bfc4175775171e74295
parent 0e46724a48fcc3bac1fecea413d20af64a75844f

nl80211: improve station flags handling

It is currently not possible to modify station flags, but that
capability would be very useful. This patch introduces a new
nl80211 attribute that contains a set/mask for station flags,
and updates the internal API (and mac80211) to mirror that.

The new attribute is parsed before falling back to the old so
that userspace can specify both (if it can) to work on all
kernels.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

net/wireless/nl80211.c

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 2353ddb..66024ef 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@
 	[NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_FIXED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_TIMED_OUT] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS2] = {
+		.len = sizeof(struct nl80211_sta_flag_update),
+	},
 };
 
 /* IE validation */
@@ -1334,13 +1337,33 @@
 	[NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
-static int parse_station_flags(struct nlattr *nla, u32 *staflags)
+static int parse_station_flags(struct genl_info *info,
+			       struct station_parameters *params)
 {
 	struct nlattr *flags[NL80211_STA_FLAG_MAX + 1];
+	struct nlattr *nla;
 	int flag;
 
-	*staflags = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Try parsing the new attribute first so userspace
+	 * can specify both for older kernels.
+	 */
+	nla = info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS2];
+	if (nla) {
+		struct nl80211_sta_flag_update *sta_flags;
 
+		sta_flags = nla_data(nla);
+		params->sta_flags_mask = sta_flags->mask;
+		params->sta_flags_set = sta_flags->set;
+		if ((params->sta_flags_mask |
+		     params->sta_flags_set) & BIT(__NL80211_STA_FLAG_INVALID))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* if present, parse the old attribute */
+
+	nla = info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS];
 	if (!nla)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1348,11 +1371,12 @@
 			     nla, sta_flags_policy))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	*staflags = STATION_FLAG_CHANGED;
+	params->sta_flags_mask = (1 << __NL80211_STA_FLAG_AFTER_LAST) - 1;
+	params->sta_flags_mask &= ~1;
 
 	for (flag = 1; flag <= NL80211_STA_FLAG_MAX; flag++)
 		if (flags[flag])
-			*staflags |= (1<<flag);
+			params->sta_flags_set |= (1<<flag);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1648,8 +1672,7 @@
 		params.ht_capa =
 			nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY]);
 
-	if (parse_station_flags(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS],
-				&params.station_flags))
+	if (parse_station_flags(info, &params))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_ACTION])
@@ -1718,8 +1741,7 @@
 		params.ht_capa =
 			nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY]);
 
-	if (parse_station_flags(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS],
-				&params.station_flags))
+	if (parse_station_flags(info, &params))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rtnl_lock();