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-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 1ee30fcd6fd..de7d116acc3 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ struct rate_info {
* @txrate: current unicast bitrate to this station
* @rx_packets: packets received from this station
* @tx_packets: packets transmitted to this station
+ * @generation: generation number for nl80211 dumps.
+ * This number should increase every time the list of stations
+ * changes, i.e. when a station is added or removed, so that
+ * userspace can tell whether it got a consistent snapshot.
*/
struct station_info {
u32 filled;
@@ -385,6 +389,8 @@ struct station_info {
struct rate_info txrate;
u32 rx_packets;
u32 tx_packets;
+
+ int generation;
};
/**
@@ -444,6 +450,10 @@ enum mpath_info_flags {
* @flags: mesh path flags
* @discovery_timeout: total mesh path discovery timeout, in msecs
* @discovery_retries: mesh path discovery retries
+ * @generation: generation number for nl80211 dumps.
+ * This number should increase every time the list of mesh paths
+ * changes, i.e. when a station is added or removed, so that
+ * userspace can tell whether it got a consistent snapshot.
*/
struct mpath_info {
u32 filled;
@@ -454,6 +464,8 @@ struct mpath_info {
u32 discovery_timeout;
u8 discovery_retries;
u8 flags;
+
+ int generation;
};
/**