Sometimes, userspace is able to detect that a peer silently lost its
state (like, if the peer reboots). wpa_supplicant does this for IBSS-RSN
and currently only resets the key of the peer so that it can attempt
another handshake.
However, the kernel also hold state about the station, such as BA
sessions, probe response parameters and the like. They also need to be
resetted correctly.
This patch adds the NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_DEL_IBSS_STA feature flag
indicating the driver accepts deleting stations in IBSS mode, which
should send a deauth and reset the state of the station, just like in
mesh point mode.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Cavallari <[email protected]>
---
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 4 ++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 5eab191607f8..8f8b9dcb80f1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -5521,6 +5521,9 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
* feature, which prevents bufferbloat by using the expected transmission
* time to limit the amount of data buffered in the hardware.
*
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_DEL_IBSS_STA: The driver supports removing stations
+ * in IBSS mode, essentially by dropping their state.
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
* @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
*/
@@ -5568,6 +5571,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SAE_OFFLOAD,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VLAN_OFFLOAD,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AQL,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_DEL_IBSS_STA,
/* add new features before the definition below */
NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index da5262b2298b..a2a66a155603 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -6073,8 +6073,13 @@ static int nl80211_del_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT &&
- dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO)
+ dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO &&
+ dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC &&
+ !wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_DEL_IBSS_STA))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (!rdev->ops->del_station)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
--
2.25.0.rc0