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cfg80211/nl80211: Add userspace authentication flag to mesh setup

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During mesh setup, use NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag to create
a secure mesh and route management frames to userspace.

Also, NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY now returns a flag NL80211_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH
if the wiphy's mesh implementation supports routing of mesh auth frames
to userspace.  This is useful for forward compatibility between old
kernels and new userspace tools.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Javier Cardona
2011-04-07 15:08:28 -07:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 581a8b0fee
commit 15d5dda623
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@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* changed once the mesh is active.
* @NL80211_ATTR_MESH_CONFIG: Mesh configuration parameters, a nested attribute
* containing attributes from &enum nl80211_meshconf_params.
* @NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH: Currently, this means the underlying driver
* allows auth frames in a mesh to be passed to userspace for processing via
* the @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@ -1075,6 +1078,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_AVAIL_TX,
NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_AVAIL_RX,
NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH,
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@ -1724,6 +1729,9 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params {
* robust security network ie, or a vendor specific information element that
* vendors will use to identify the path selection methods and metrics in use.
*
* @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH: Enable this option if an authentication
* daemon will be authenticating mesh candidates.
*
* @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh setup attribute number
* @__NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: Internal use
*/
@ -1732,6 +1740,7 @@ enum nl80211_mesh_setup_params {
NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ENABLE_VENDOR_PATH_SEL,
NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ENABLE_VENDOR_METRIC,
NL80211_MESH_SETUP_IE,
NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,