nl80211: explicit userspace MPM

Secure mesh had the implicit requirement that the Mesh
Peering Management entity be in userspace.  However
userspace might want to implement an open MPM as well, so
specify a mesh setup parameter to indicate this.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index dfef0d5b5d3..69b2b2631b9 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1151,6 +1151,7 @@ struct mesh_config {
  * @ie_len: length of vendor information elements
  * @is_authenticated: this mesh requires authentication
  * @is_secure: this mesh uses security
+ * @user_mpm: userspace handles all MPM functions
  * @dtim_period: DTIM period to use
  * @beacon_interval: beacon interval to use
  * @mcast_rate: multicat rate for Mesh Node [6Mbps is the default for 802.11a]
@@ -1168,6 +1169,7 @@ struct mesh_setup {
 	u8 ie_len;
 	bool is_authenticated;
 	bool is_secure;
+	bool user_mpm;
 	u8 dtim_period;
 	u16 beacon_interval;
 	int mcast_rate[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 2d0cff57ff8..8134c6a96f5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -513,9 +513,11 @@
  * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_PEER_CANDIDATE: Notification on the reception of a
  *      beacon or probe response from a compatible mesh peer.  This is only
  *      sent while no station information (sta_info) exists for the new peer
- *      candidate and when @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH is set.  On
- *      reception of this notification, userspace may decide to create a new
- *      station (@NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION).  To stop this notification from
+ *      candidate and when @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH,
+ *      @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AMPE, or
+ *      @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_MPM is set.  On reception of this
+ *      notification, userspace may decide to create a new station
+ *      (@NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION).  To stop this notification from
  *      reoccurring, the userspace authentication daemon may want to create the
  *      new station with the AUTHENTICATED flag unset and maybe change it later
  *      depending on the authentication result.
@@ -1199,10 +1201,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH: Currently, this means the underlying driver
  *	allows auth frames in a mesh to be passed to userspace for processing via
  *	the @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag.
- * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_STATE: The state of a mesh peer link as
- *	defined in &enum nl80211_plink_state. Used when userspace is
- *	driving the peer link management state machine.
- *	@NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AMPE must be enabled.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_STATE: The state of a mesh peer link as defined in
+ *	&enum nl80211_plink_state. Used when userspace is driving the peer link
+ *	management state machine.  @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AMPE or
+ *	@NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_MPM must be enabled.
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED: indicates, as part of the wiphy
  *	capabilities, the supported WoWLAN triggers
@@ -2612,6 +2614,9 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params {
  *	vendor specific synchronization method or disable it to use the default
  *	neighbor offset synchronization
  *
+ * @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_MPM: Enable this option if userspace will
+ *	implement an MPM which handles peer allocation and state.
+ *
  * @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh setup attribute number
  *
  * @__NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: Internal use
@@ -2624,6 +2629,7 @@ enum nl80211_mesh_setup_params {
 	NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH,
 	NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AMPE,
 	NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ENABLE_VENDOR_SYNC,
+	NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_MPM,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -3526,6 +3532,10 @@ enum nl80211_ap_sme_features {
  *	stations the authenticated/associated bits have to be set in the mask.
  * @NL80211_FEATURE_ADVERTISE_CHAN_LIMITS: cfg80211 advertises channel limits
  *	(HT40, VHT 80/160 MHz) if this flag is set
+ * @NL80211_FEATURE_USERSPACE_MPM: This driver supports a userspace Mesh
+ *	Peering Management entity which may be implemented by registering for
+ *	beacons or NL80211_CMD_NEW_PEER_CANDIDATE events. The mesh beacon is
+ *	still generated by the driver.
  */
 enum nl80211_feature_flags {
 	NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS			= 1 << 0,
@@ -3544,6 +3554,7 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
 	/* bit 13 is reserved */
 	NL80211_FEATURE_ADVERTISE_CHAN_LIMITS		= 1 << 14,
 	NL80211_FEATURE_FULL_AP_CLIENT_STATE		= 1 << 15,
+	NL80211_FEATURE_USERSPACE_MPM			= 1 << 16,
 };
 
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