nl80211: allow subscribing to unexpected class3 frames

To implement AP mode without monitor interfaces we
need to be able to send a deauth to stations that
send frames without being associated. Enable this
by adding a new nl80211 event for such frames that
an application can subscribe to.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Johannes Berg
2011-11-04 11:18:12 +01:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 665c93a93e
commit 28946da763
5 changed files with 114 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -509,6 +509,16 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_TDLS_OPER: Perform a high-level TDLS command (e.g. link setup).
* @NL80211_CMD_TDLS_MGMT: Send a TDLS management frame.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_UNEXPECTED_FRAME: Used by an application controlling an AP
* (or GO) interface (i.e. hostapd) to ask for unexpected frames to
* implement sending deauth to stations that send unexpected class 3
* frames. Also used as the event sent by the kernel when such a frame
* is received.
* For the event, the %NL80211_ATTR_MAC attribute carries the TA and
* other attributes like the interface index are present.
* If used as the command it must have an interface index and you can
* only unsubscribe from the event by closing the socket.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -638,6 +648,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_TDLS_OPER,
NL80211_CMD_TDLS_MGMT,
NL80211_CMD_UNEXPECTED_FRAME,
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */