[PATCH] mac80211: expose TDLS-initiator value to low level driver

[Emmanuel Grumbach]

From: Arik Nemtsov <arik-Ix1uc/W3ht7QT0dZR+***@public.gmane.org>

Some drivers need to know which station is the TDLS link initiator.
Expose this value via the mac80211 ieee80211_sta structure.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov-***@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach-***@public.gmane.org>
---
include/net/mac80211.h | 3 +++
net/mac80211/tdls.c | 8 ++++++--
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index e544bbf..3a8cb99 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1427,6 +1427,8 @@ struct ieee80211_sta_rates {
* @smps_mode: current SMPS mode (off, static or dynamic)
* @rates: rate control selection table
* @tdls: indicates whether the STA is a TDLS peer
+ * @tdls_initiator: indicates the STA is an initiator of the TDLS link. Only
+ * valid if the STA is a TDLS peer in the first place.
*/
struct ieee80211_sta {
u32 supp_rates[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
@@ -1442,6 +1444,7 @@ struct ieee80211_sta {
enum ieee80211_smps_mode smps_mode;
struct ieee80211_sta_rates __rcu *rates;
bool tdls;
+ bool tdls_initiator;

/* must be last */
u8 drv_priv[0] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tdls.c b/net/mac80211/tdls.c
index 4ea25de..b4f368e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tdls.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tdls.c
@@ -562,8 +562,10 @@ ieee80211_tdls_prep_mgmt_packet(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
/* infer the initiator if we can, to support old userspace */
switch (action_code) {
case WLAN_TDLS_SETUP_REQUEST:
- if (sta)
+ if (sta) {
set_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_TDLS_INITIATOR);
+ sta->sta.tdls_initiator = false;
+ }
/* fall-through */
case WLAN_TDLS_SETUP_CONFIRM:
case WLAN_TDLS_DISCOVERY_REQUEST:
@@ -575,8 +577,10 @@ ieee80211_tdls_prep_mgmt_packet(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
* Make the last packet sent take effect for the initiator
* value.
*/
- if (sta)
+ if (sta) {
clear_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_TDLS_INITIATOR);
+ sta->sta.tdls_initiator = true;
+ }
/* fall-through */
case WLAN_PUB_ACTION_TDLS_DISCOVER_RES:
initiator = false;

[Johannes Berg]

Post by Emmanuel Grumbach
Some drivers need to know which station is the TDLS link initiator.
Expose this value via the mac80211 ieee80211_sta structure.

Applied.

johannes

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