cfg80211/nl80211: Notify connection request failure in AP mode
In AP mode, when a station requests connection to an AP and if the
request is failed for particular reason, userspace is notified about the
failure through NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED command. Reason for the failure
is sent through the attribute NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON.
Signed-off-by: Pandiyarajan Pitchaimuthu <c_ppitch@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 4584162..7df9b500 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -573,6 +573,11 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_STOP_P2P_DEVICE: Stop the given P2P Device, identified by
* its %NL80211_ATTR_WDEV identifier.
*
+ * @NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED: connection request to an AP failed; used to
+ * notify userspace that AP has rejected the connection request from a
+ * station, due to particular reason. %NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON
+ * is used for this.
+ *
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -719,6 +724,8 @@
NL80211_CMD_START_P2P_DEVICE,
NL80211_CMD_STOP_P2P_DEVICE,
+ NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -1262,6 +1269,10 @@
* was used to provide the hint. For the different types of
* allowed user regulatory hints see nl80211_user_reg_hint_type.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON: The reason for which AP has rejected
+ * the connection request from a station. nl80211_connect_failed_reason
+ * enum has different reasons of connection failure.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1517,6 +1528,8 @@
NL80211_ATTR_USER_REG_HINT_TYPE,
+ NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -3045,4 +3058,15 @@
NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_80211U = 1<<3,
};
+/**
+ * enum nl80211_connect_failed_reason - connection request failed reasons
+ * @NL80211_CONN_FAIL_MAX_CLIENTS: Maximum number of clients that can be
+ * handled by the AP is reached.
+ * @NL80211_CONN_FAIL_BLOCKED_CLIENT: Client's MAC is in the AP's blocklist.
+ */
+enum nl80211_connect_failed_reason {
+ NL80211_CONN_FAIL_MAX_CLIENTS,
+ NL80211_CONN_FAIL_BLOCKED_CLIENT,
+};
+
#endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */