@@ -1359,6 +1359,8 @@ struct cfg80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp {
* @punct_bitmap: Preamble puncturing bitmap. Each bit represents
* a 20 MHz channel, lowest bit corresponding to the lowest channel.
* Bit set to 1 indicates that the channel is punctured.
+ * @dyn_muedca_enable: enable/disable driver control of dynamically update
+ * MU-EDCA parameters
*/
struct cfg80211_ap_settings {
struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
@@ -1394,6 +1396,7 @@ struct cfg80211_ap_settings {
struct cfg80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp unsol_bcast_probe_resp;
struct cfg80211_mbssid_config mbssid_config;
u16 punct_bitmap;
+ bool dyn_muedca_enable;
};
/**
@@ -2805,6 +2805,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* index. If the userspace includes more RNR elements than number of
* MBSSID elements then these will be added in every EMA beacon.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_DYN_MUEDCA_ENABLE: Flag attribute to indicate user space has
+ * enabled Driver control of dynamically updating MU-EDCA parameters.
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -3341,6 +3344,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_EMA_RNR_ELEMS,
+ NL80211_ATTR_DYN_MUEDCA_ENABLE,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
[NL80211_ATTR_MAX_HW_TIMESTAMP_PEERS] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
[NL80211_ATTR_HW_TIMESTAMP_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
[NL80211_ATTR_EMA_RNR_ELEMS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_DYN_MUEDCA_ENABLE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
};
/* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -6156,6 +6157,10 @@ static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto out_unlock;
}
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DYN_MUEDCA_ENABLE])
+ params->dyn_muedca_enable =
+ nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DYN_MUEDCA_ENABLE]);
+
err = nl80211_calculate_ap_params(params);
if (err)
goto out_unlock;
Add option for user space to enable driver to dynamically update MU-EDCA parameters. The updated MU-EDCA parameters from driver are part of an AP mode feature where firmware determines better MU-EDCA parameters based on channel conditions. The updated parameters are used and reported to user space to reflect in AP management frames. These dynamic parameter updates are offloaded to firmware for better user experience, thus details on algorithm are not provided. This is a driver specific feature, thus no spec references. Signed-off-by: Muna Sinada <quic_msinada@quicinc.com> --- v4: newly created patch in response to review comment to add opt in for user for this feature --- include/net/cfg80211.h | 3 +++ include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 5 +++++ net/wireless/nl80211.c | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)