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-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h8
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h11
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index daf6a3432b9..2ea3edeee7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -703,6 +703,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_CQM: connection quality monitor configuration in a
* nested attribute with %NL80211_ATTR_CQM_* sub-attributes.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_STATE_CHANGE: Flag attribute to indicate that a command
+ * is requesting a local authentication/association state change without
+ * invoking actual management frame exchange. This can be used with
+ * NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE, NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE,
+ * NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -856,6 +862,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_CQM,
+ NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_STATE_CHANGE,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 868cfd3b972..37cebd3aa0f 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -704,6 +704,10 @@ struct cfg80211_crypto_settings {
* @key_len: length of WEP key for shared key authentication
* @key_idx: index of WEP key for shared key authentication
* @key: WEP key for shared key authentication
+ * @local_state_change: This is a request for a local state only, i.e., no
+ * Authentication frame is to be transmitted and authentication state is
+ * to be changed without having to wait for a response from the peer STA
+ * (AP).
*/
struct cfg80211_auth_request {
struct cfg80211_bss *bss;
@@ -712,6 +716,7 @@ struct cfg80211_auth_request {
enum nl80211_auth_type auth_type;
const u8 *key;
u8 key_len, key_idx;
+ bool local_state_change;
};
/**
@@ -744,12 +749,15 @@ struct cfg80211_assoc_request {
* @ie: Extra IEs to add to Deauthentication frame or %NULL
* @ie_len: Length of ie buffer in octets
* @reason_code: The reason code for the deauthentication
+ * @local_state_change: This is a request for a local state only, i.e., no
+ * Deauthentication frame is to be transmitted.
*/
struct cfg80211_deauth_request {
struct cfg80211_bss *bss;
const u8 *ie;
size_t ie_len;
u16 reason_code;
+ bool local_state_change;
};
/**
@@ -762,12 +770,15 @@ struct cfg80211_deauth_request {
* @ie: Extra IEs to add to Disassociation frame or %NULL
* @ie_len: Length of ie buffer in octets
* @reason_code: The reason code for the disassociation
+ * @local_state_change: This is a request for a local state only, i.e., no
+ * Disassociation frame is to be transmitted.
*/
struct cfg80211_disassoc_request {
struct cfg80211_bss *bss;
const u8 *ie;
size_t ie_len;
u16 reason_code;
+ bool local_state_change;
};
/**