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-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h11
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h9
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c9
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 8a9200f2f4a..a229046d86d 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -2480,6 +2480,14 @@ struct wiphy_wowlan_support {
*
* @max_acl_mac_addrs: Maximum number of MAC addresses that the device
* supports for ACL.
+ *
+ * @extended_capabilities: extended capabilities supported by the driver,
+ * additional capabilities might be supported by userspace; these are
+ * the 802.11 extended capabilities ("Extended Capabilities element")
+ * and are in the same format as in the information element. See
+ * 802.11-2012 8.4.2.29 for the defined fields.
+ * @extended_capabilities_mask: mask of the valid values
+ * @extended_capabilities_len: length of the extended capabilities
*/
struct wiphy {
/* assign these fields before you register the wiphy */
@@ -2546,6 +2554,9 @@ struct wiphy {
*/
u32 probe_resp_offload;
+ const u8 *extended_capabilities, *extended_capabilities_mask;
+ u8 extended_capabilities_len;
+
/* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g.
* a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't
* know whether it points to a wiphy your driver has registered
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 3880f6ad7ed..1fd6e561189 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1355,6 +1355,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_RADAR_EVENT: Type of radar event for notification to userspace,
* contains a value of enum nl80211_radar_event (u32).
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA: 802.11 extended capabilities that the kernel driver
+ * has and handles. The format is the same as the IE contents. See
+ * 802.11-2012 8.4.2.29 for more information.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA_MASK: Extended capabilities that the kernel driver
+ * has set in the %NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA value, for multibit fields.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1635,6 +1641,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_RADAR_EVENT,
+ NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA,
+ NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA_MASK,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 7e40b9e82b4..1237431c3ef 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,15 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flag
dev->wiphy.max_acl_mac_addrs))
goto nla_put_failure;
+ if (dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities &&
+ (nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA,
+ dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities_len,
+ dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities) ||
+ nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_EXT_CAPA_MASK,
+ dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities_len,
+ dev->wiphy.extended_capabilities_mask)))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
nla_put_failure: