From ec15e68ba6a505631016f230899bafbb7b8cd0d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jouni Malinen Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:29:52 +0200 Subject: cfg80211: Add nl80211 event for deletion of a station entry Indicate an NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION event when a station entry in mac80211 is deleted to match with the NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION event that is used when the entry was added. This is needed, e.g., to allow user space to remove a peer from RSN IBSS Authenticator state machine to avoid re-authentication and re-keying delays when the peer is not reachable anymore. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/wireless/nl80211.c') diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index 4ebce4284e9d..40c90fb461c4 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -5966,6 +5966,40 @@ void nl80211_send_sta_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp); } +void nl80211_send_sta_del_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, + struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, + gfp_t gfp) +{ + struct sk_buff *msg; + void *hdr; + + msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp); + if (!msg) + return; + + hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION); + if (!hdr) { + nlmsg_free(msg); + return; + } + + NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex); + NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr); + + if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0) { + nlmsg_free(msg); + return; + } + + genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0, + nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp); + return; + + nla_put_failure: + genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr); + nlmsg_free(msg); +} + int nl80211_send_mgmt(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, struct net_device *netdev, u32 nlpid, int freq, const u8 *buf, size_t len, gfp_t gfp) -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b