nl80211: Add NL command to support TID speicific configurations

Add the new NL80211_CMD_SET_TID_CONFIG command to support
data TID specific configuration. Per TID configuration is
passed in the nested NL80211_ATTR_TID_CONFIG attribute.

This patch adds support to configure per TID noack policy
through the NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_NOACK attribute.

Signed-off-by: Tamizh chelvam <tamizhr@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1579506687-18296-2-git-send-email-tamizhr@codeaurora.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 934e62fe8705..0b12fcffb518 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -265,6 +265,27 @@
  */
 
 /**
+ * DOC: TID configuration
+ *
+ * TID configuration support can be advertised by drivers by setting
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_TID_* and/or @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_STA_* config
+ * mentioned in &enum nl80211_tid_config_attr.
+ * Needed configuration parameters are mentioned in
+ * &enum nl80211_tid_config_attr and it will be passed using
+ * %NL80211_CMD_SET_TID_CONFIG through %NL80211_ATTR_TID_CONFIG.
+ * If the configuration needs to be applied for specific peer then MAC address
+ * of the peer needs to be passed in %NL80211_ATT_MAC, otherwise the
+ * configuration will be applied for all the connected peers in the vif except
+ * the peer which has peer specific configuration for the TID.
+ * And the peer specific configuration will be overridden if
+ * %NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_OVERRIDE flag is set.
+ * All this configurations are valid only for STA's current connection
+ * i.e. the configurations will be reset to default when the STA connects back
+ * after disconnection/roaming, and this configuration will be cleared when
+ * the interface goes down.
+ */
+
+/**
  * enum nl80211_commands - supported nl80211 commands
  *
  * @NL80211_CMD_UNSPEC: unspecified command to catch errors
@@ -1125,6 +1146,9 @@
  *	peer MAC address and %NL80211_ATTR_FRAME is used to specify the frame
  *	content. The frame is ethernet data.
  *
+ * @NL80211_CMD_SET_TID_CONFIG: Data frame TID specific configuration
+ *	is passed using %NL80211_ATTR_TID_CONFIG attribute.
+ *
  * @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
  * @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -1349,6 +1373,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
 
 	NL80211_CMD_PROBE_MESH_LINK,
 
+	NL80211_CMD_SET_TID_CONFIG,
+
 	/* add new commands above here */
 
 	/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -2409,6 +2435,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES are default capabilities if AKM suites not
  *	advertised for a specific interface type.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_TID_CONFIG: TID specific configuration in a
+ *	nested attribute with &enum nl80211_tid_config_attr sub-attributes.
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2877,6 +2906,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
 	NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE_AKM_SUITES,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_TID_CONFIG,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -4723,6 +4754,40 @@ enum nl80211_tx_power_setting {
 };
 
 /**
+ * enum nl80211_tid_config - TID config state
+ * @NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ENABLE: Enable config for the TID
+ * @NL80211_TID_CONFIG_DISABLE: Disable config for the TID
+ */
+enum nl80211_tid_config {
+	NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ENABLE,
+	NL80211_TID_CONFIG_DISABLE,
+};
+
+/* enum nl80211_tid_config_attr - TID specific configuration.
+ * @NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_OVERRIDE: flag attribue, if no peer
+ *	is selected, if set indicates that the new configuration overrides
+ *	all previous peer configurations, otherwise previous peer specific
+ *	configurations should be left untouched. If peer is selected then
+ *	it will reset particular TID configuration of that peer and it will
+ *	not accept other TID config attributes along with peer.
+ * @NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_TIDS: a bitmask value of TIDs(bit 0 to 7)
+ *	Its type is u8.
+ * @NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_NOACK: Configure ack policy for the TID.
+ *	specified in %NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_TID. see %enum nl80211_tid_config.
+ *	Its type is u8.
+ */
+enum nl80211_tid_config_attr {
+	__NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_INVALID,
+	NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_OVERRIDE,
+	NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_TIDS,
+	NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_NOACK,
+
+	/* keep last */
+	__NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
+	NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
+};
+
+/**
  * enum nl80211_packet_pattern_attr - packet pattern attribute
  * @__NL80211_PKTPAT_INVALID: invalid number for nested attribute
  * @NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN: the pattern, values where the mask has
@@ -5540,6 +5605,10 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AQL: The driver supports the Airtime Queue Limit (AQL)
  *	feature, which prevents bufferbloat by using the expected transmission
  *	time to limit the amount of data buffered in the hardware.
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_TID_NOACK_CONFIG: Driver supports per TID NoAck
+ *	policy functionality.
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_STA_NOACK_CONFIG: Driver supports STA specific NoAck
+ *	policy functionality.
  *
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_BEACON_PROTECTION: The driver supports Beacon protection
  *	and can receive key configuration for BIGTK using key indexes 6 and 7.
@@ -5592,6 +5661,8 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VLAN_OFFLOAD,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AQL,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_BEACON_PROTECTION,
+	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_TID_NOACK_CONFIG,
+	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PER_STA_NOACK_CONFIG,
 
 	/* add new features before the definition below */
 	NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,