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| author |   Pandiyarajan Pitchaimuthu <c_ppitch@qca.qualcomm.com> | 2012-09-18 16:50:49 +0530 |
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| committer |   Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2012-09-18 19:54:06 +0200 |
| commit | ed44a951c72ab409f932b1c15914488308e86da2 (patch) | |
| tree | 74ee8c115663e2d48d610401dd7f95a8bcd05898 /include/linux/nl80211.h | |
| parent | cfg80211: remove obsolete comment for .sched_scan_stop() callback (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-ed44a951c72ab409f932b1c15914488308e86da2.tar.xz linux-dev-ed44a951c72ab409f932b1c15914488308e86da2.zip | |
cfg80211/nl80211: Notify connection request failure in AP mode
In AP mode, when a station requests connection to an AP and if the
request is failed for particular reason, userspace is notified about the
failure through NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED command. Reason for the failure
is sent through the attribute NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON.
Signed-off-by: Pandiyarajan Pitchaimuthu <c_ppitch@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 458416279347..7df9b500c804 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -573,6 +573,11 @@ * @NL80211_CMD_STOP_P2P_DEVICE: Stop the given P2P Device, identified by * its %NL80211_ATTR_WDEV identifier. * + * @NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED: connection request to an AP failed; used to + * notify userspace that AP has rejected the connection request from a + * station, due to particular reason. %NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON + * is used for this. + * * @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number * @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -719,6 +724,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { NL80211_CMD_START_P2P_DEVICE, NL80211_CMD_STOP_P2P_DEVICE, + NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED, + /* add new commands above here */ /* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */ @@ -1262,6 +1269,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * was used to provide the hint. For the different types of * allowed user regulatory hints see nl80211_user_reg_hint_type. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON: The reason for which AP has rejected + * the connection request from a station. nl80211_connect_failed_reason + * enum has different reasons of connection failure. + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -1517,6 +1528,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_USER_REG_HINT_TYPE, + NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, @@ -3045,4 +3058,15 @@ enum nl80211_probe_resp_offload_support_attr { NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_80211U = 1<<3, }; +/** + * enum nl80211_connect_failed_reason - connection request failed reasons + * @NL80211_CONN_FAIL_MAX_CLIENTS: Maximum number of clients that can be + * handled by the AP is reached. + * @NL80211_CONN_FAIL_BLOCKED_CLIENT: Client's MAC is in the AP's blocklist. + */ +enum nl80211_connect_failed_reason { + NL80211_CONN_FAIL_MAX_CLIENTS, + NL80211_CONN_FAIL_BLOCKED_CLIENT, +}; + #endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */ |