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-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h54
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h47
2 files changed, 98 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 8c0f37fe5df9..8f968375ac46 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1817,11 +1817,16 @@ struct cfg80211_auth_request {
* @ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HT: Disable HT (802.11n)
* @ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_VHT: Disable VHT
* @ASSOC_REQ_USE_RRM: Declare RRM capability in this association
+ * @CONNECT_REQ_EXTERNAL_AUTH_SUPPORT: User space indicates external
+ * authentication capability. Drivers can offload authentication to
+ * userspace if this flag is set. Only applicable for cfg80211_connect()
+ * request (connect callback).
*/
enum cfg80211_assoc_req_flags {
- ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HT = BIT(0),
- ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_VHT = BIT(1),
- ASSOC_REQ_USE_RRM = BIT(2),
+ ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HT = BIT(0),
+ ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_VHT = BIT(1),
+ ASSOC_REQ_USE_RRM = BIT(2),
+ CONNECT_REQ_EXTERNAL_AUTH_SUPPORT = BIT(3),
};
/**
@@ -2391,6 +2396,33 @@ struct cfg80211_qos_map {
};
/**
+ * struct cfg80211_external_auth_params - Trigger External authentication.
+ *
+ * Commonly used across the external auth request and event interfaces.
+ *
+ * @action: action type / trigger for external authentication. Only significant
+ * for the authentication request event interface (driver to user space).
+ * @bssid: BSSID of the peer with which the authentication has
+ * to happen. Used by both the authentication request event and
+ * authentication response command interface.
+ * @ssid: SSID of the AP. Used by both the authentication request event and
+ * authentication response command interface.
+ * @key_mgmt_suite: AKM suite of the respective authentication. Used by the
+ * authentication request event interface.
+ * @status: status code, %WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS for successful authentication,
+ * use %WLAN_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE if user space cannot give you
+ * the real status code for failures. Used only for the authentication
+ * response command interface (user space to driver).
+ */
+struct cfg80211_external_auth_params {
+ enum nl80211_external_auth_action action;
+ u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
+ struct cfg80211_ssid ssid;
+ unsigned int key_mgmt_suite;
+ u16 status;
+};
+
+/**
* struct cfg80211_ops - backend description for wireless configuration
*
* This struct is registered by fullmac card drivers and/or wireless stacks
@@ -2685,6 +2717,9 @@ struct cfg80211_qos_map {
* and returning to the base channel for communication with the AP.
* @tdls_cancel_channel_switch: Stop channel-switching with a TDLS peer. Both
* peers must be on the base channel when the call completes.
+ *
+ * @external_auth: indicates result of offloaded authentication processing from
+ * user space
*/
struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*suspend)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_wowlan *wow);
@@ -2954,6 +2989,8 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
void (*tdls_cancel_channel_switch)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct net_device *dev,
const u8 *addr);
+ int (*external_auth)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
+ struct cfg80211_external_auth_params *params);
};
/*
@@ -5781,6 +5818,17 @@ void cfg80211_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info);
*/
void cfg80211_ap_stopped(struct net_device *netdev, gfp_t gfp);
+/**
+ * cfg80211_external_auth_request - userspace request for authentication
+ * @netdev: network device
+ * @params: External authentication parameters
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ * Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+ */
+int cfg80211_external_auth_request(struct net_device *netdev,
+ struct cfg80211_external_auth_params *params,
+ gfp_t gfp);
+
/* Logging, debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
/* wiphy_printk helpers, similar to dev_printk */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 1035cc3cf401..a9fec3ba2aeb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -932,6 +932,27 @@
*
* @NL80211_CMD_RELOAD_REGDB: Request that the regdb firmware file is reloaded.
*
+ * @NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH: This interface is exclusively defined for host
+ * drivers that do not define separate commands for authentication and
+ * association, but rely on user space for the authentication to happen.
+ * This interface acts both as the event request (driver to user space)
+ * to trigger the authentication and command response (userspace to
+ * driver) to indicate the authentication status.
+ *
+ * User space uses the %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT command to the host driver to
+ * trigger a connection. The host driver selects a BSS and further uses
+ * this interface to offload only the authentication part to the user
+ * space. Authentication frames are passed between the driver and user
+ * space through the %NL80211_CMD_FRAME interface. Host driver proceeds
+ * further with the association after getting successful authentication
+ * status. User space indicates the authentication status through
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_STATUS_CODE attribute in %NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH
+ * command interface.
+ *
+ * Host driver reports this status on an authentication failure to the
+ * user space through the connect result as the user space would have
+ * initiated the connection through the connect request.
+ *
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1138,6 +1159,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_RELOAD_REGDB,
+ NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -2073,6 +2096,16 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* the driver or is not needed (because roaming used the Fast Transition
* protocol).
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_EXTERNAL_AUTH_ACTION: Identify the requested external
+ * authentication operation (u32 attribute with an
+ * &enum nl80211_external_auth_action value). This is used with the
+ * &NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH request event.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_EXTERNAL_AUTH_SUPPORT: Flag attribute indicating that the user
+ * space supports external authentication. This attribute shall be used
+ * only with %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT request. The driver may offload
+ * authentication processing to user space if this capability is indicated
+ * in NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests from the user space.
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2499,6 +2532,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_PMKR0_NAME,
NL80211_ATTR_PORT_AUTHORIZED,
+ NL80211_ATTR_EXTERNAL_AUTH_ACTION,
+ NL80211_ATTR_EXTERNAL_AUTH_SUPPORT,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -5130,4 +5166,15 @@ enum nl80211_bss_select_attr {
NL80211_BSS_SELECT_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_BSS_SELECT_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
};
+/**
+ * nl80211_external_auth_action - Action to perform with external
+ * authentication request. Used by NL80211_ATTR_EXTERNAL_AUTH_ACTION.
+ * @NL80211_EXTERNAL_AUTH_START: Start the authentication.
+ * @NL80211_EXTERNAL_AUTH_ABORT: Abort the ongoing authentication.
+ */
+enum nl80211_external_auth_action {
+ NL80211_EXTERNAL_AUTH_START,
+ NL80211_EXTERNAL_AUTH_ABORT,
+};
+
#endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */