cfg80211/mac80211: allow registering for and sending action frames

This implements a new command to register for action frames
that userspace wants to handle instead of the in-kernel
rejection. It is then responsible for rejecting ones that
it decided not to handle. There is no unregistration, but
the socket can be closed for that.

Frames that are not registered for will not be forwarded
to userspace and will be rejected by the kernel, the
cfg80211 API helps implementing that.

Additionally, this patch adds a new command that allows
doing action frame transmission from userspace. It can be
used either to exchange action frames on the current
operational channel (e.g., with the AP with which we are
currently associated) or to exchange off-channel Public
Action frames with the remain-on-channel command.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 127a7301576..8e6384f8fda 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /*
  * 802.11 netlink interface public header
  *
- * Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ * Copyright 2006-2010 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
  * Copyright 2008 Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
  * Copyright 2008 Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com>
  * Copyright 2008 Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
@@ -299,6 +299,31 @@
  *	rate selection. %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX is used to specify the interface
  *	and @NL80211_ATTR_TX_RATES the set of allowed rates.
  *
+ * @NL80211_CMD_REGISTER_ACTION: Register for receiving certain action frames
+ *	(via @NL80211_CMD_ACTION) for processing in userspace. This command
+ *	requires an interface index and a match attribute containing the first
+ *	few bytes of the frame that should match, e.g. a single byte for only
+ *	a category match or four bytes for vendor frames including the OUI.
+ *	The registration cannot be dropped, but is removed automatically
+ *	when the netlink socket is closed. Multiple registrations can be made.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_ACTION: Action frame TX request and RX notification. This
+ *	command is used both as a request to transmit an Action frame and as an
+ *	event indicating reception of an Action frame that was not processed in
+ *	kernel code, but is for us (i.e., which may need to be processed in a
+ *	user space application). %NL80211_ATTR_FRAME is used to specify the
+ *	frame contents (including header). %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ (and
+ *	optionally %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE) is used to indicate on
+ *	which channel the frame is to be transmitted or was received. This
+ *	channel has to be the current channel (remain-on-channel or the
+ *	operational channel). When called, this operation returns a cookie
+ *	(%NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE) that will be included with the TX status event
+ *	pertaining to the TX request.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_ACTION_TX_STATUS: Report TX status of an Action frame
+ *	transmitted with %NL80211_CMD_ACTION. %NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE identifies
+ *	the TX command and %NL80211_ATTR_FRAME includes the contents of the
+ *	frame. %NL80211_ATTR_ACK flag is included if the recipient acknowledged
+ *	the frame.
+ *
  * @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
  * @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -387,6 +412,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
 
 	NL80211_CMD_SET_TX_BITRATE_MASK,
 
+	NL80211_CMD_REGISTER_ACTION,
+	NL80211_CMD_ACTION,
+	NL80211_CMD_ACTION_TX_STATUS,
+
 	/* add new commands above here */
 
 	/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -653,6 +682,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *	rates based on negotiated supported rates information. This attribute
  *	is used with %NL80211_CMD_SET_TX_BITRATE_MASK.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH: A binary attribute which typically must contain
+ *	at least one byte, currently used with @NL80211_CMD_REGISTER_ACTION.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_ACK: Flag attribute indicating that the frame was
+ *	acknowledged by the recipient.
+ *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -798,6 +833,10 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
 	NL80211_ATTR_TX_RATES,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH,
+
+	NL80211_ATTR_ACK,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,