nl80211: add API to probe a client
When the AP SME in hostapd is used it wants to
probe the clients when they have been idle for
some time. Add explicit API to support this.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index ff39e4b..901a70d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -519,6 +519,14 @@
* If used as the command it must have an interface index and you can
* only unsubscribe from the event by closing the socket.
*
+ * @NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT: Probe an associated station on an AP interface
+ * by sending a null data frame to it and reporting when the frame is
+ * acknowleged. This is used to allow timing out inactive clients. Uses
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX and %NL80211_ATTR_MAC. The command returns a
+ * direct reply with an %NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE that is later used to match
+ * up the event with the request. The event includes the same data and
+ * has %NL80211_ATTR_ACK set if the frame was ACKed.
+ *
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -650,6 +658,8 @@
NL80211_CMD_UNEXPECTED_FRAME,
+ NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 86d207d..389e85e 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1432,6 +1432,9 @@
*
* @tdls_mgmt: Transmit a TDLS management frame.
* @tdls_oper: Perform a high-level TDLS operation (e.g. TDLS link setup).
+ *
+ * @probe_client: probe an associated client, must return a cookie that it
+ * later passes to cfg80211_probe_status().
*/
struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*suspend)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_wowlan *wow);
@@ -1621,6 +1624,9 @@
u16 status_code, const u8 *buf, size_t len);
int (*tdls_oper)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
u8 *peer, enum nl80211_tdls_operation oper);
+
+ int (*probe_client)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
+ const u8 *peer, u64 *cookie);
};
/*
@@ -3216,6 +3222,17 @@
bool cfg80211_rx_spurious_frame(struct net_device *dev,
const u8 *addr, gfp_t gfp);
+/**
+ * cfg80211_probe_status - notify userspace about probe status
+ * @dev: the device the probe was sent on
+ * @addr: the address of the peer
+ * @cookie: the cookie filled in @probe_client previously
+ * @acked: indicates whether probe was acked or not
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ */
+void cfg80211_probe_status(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
+ u64 cookie, bool acked, gfp_t gfp);
+
/* Logging, debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
/* wiphy_printk helpers, similar to dev_printk */
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 2094c84..a8eda12 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@
}
if (dev->wiphy.flags & WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SCHED_SCAN)
CMD(sched_scan_start, START_SCHED_SCAN);
+ CMD(probe_client, PROBE_CLIENT);
#undef CMD
@@ -5853,6 +5854,59 @@
return 0;
}
+static int nl80211_probe_client(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct genl_info *info)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0];
+ struct net_device *dev = info->user_ptr[1];
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ void *hdr;
+ const u8 *addr;
+ u64 cookie;
+ int err;
+
+ if (wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
+ wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!rdev->ops->probe_client)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!msg)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, info->snd_pid, info->snd_seq, 0,
+ NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(hdr)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(hdr);
+ goto free_msg;
+ }
+
+ addr = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]);
+
+ err = rdev->ops->probe_client(&rdev->wiphy, dev, addr, &cookie);
+ if (err)
+ goto free_msg;
+
+ NLA_PUT_U64(msg, NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE, cookie);
+
+ genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+ return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+ err = -ENOBUFS;
+ free_msg:
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return err;
+}
+
#define NL80211_FLAG_NEED_WIPHY 0x01
#define NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV 0x02
#define NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL 0x04
@@ -6416,6 +6470,14 @@
.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
},
+ {
+ .cmd = NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT,
+ .doit = nl80211_probe_client,
+ .policy = nl80211_policy,
+ .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+ .internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
+ NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
+ },
};
static struct genl_multicast_group nl80211_mlme_mcgrp = {
@@ -7478,6 +7540,48 @@
nlmsg_free(msg);
}
+void cfg80211_probe_status(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
+ u64 cookie, bool acked, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wdev->wiphy);
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ void *hdr;
+ int err;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp);
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT);
+ if (!hdr) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex);
+ NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, addr);
+ NLA_PUT_U64(msg, NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE, cookie);
+ if (acked)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_ATTR_ACK);
+
+ err = genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
+ nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp);
+ return;
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+ genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_probe_status);
+
static int nl80211_netlink_notify(struct notifier_block * nb,
unsigned long state,
void *_notify)