[PATCH wireless-next 04/18] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Configure AP with SMD capabilities
From: Pooventhiran G <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-07 20:33:29
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Subsystem:
802.11 (including cfg80211/nl80211), mac80211, the rest · Maintainers:
Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds
From: Rohan Dutta <redacted>
When an AP is getting started, configure the AP as SMD-enabled if
userspace defines configuration for the Seamless Mobility Domain (SMD).
The SMD parameters are:
- SMD Identifier: unique identifier of the SMD
- SMD Preparation Timeout: Valid duration for a prepared target AP MLD
- Downlink Data Forwarding: Forwarding support for buffered DL packets
- Max number of Peer AP MLDs: Number of target AP MLDs a non-AP MLD can
prepare with
- SMD Type: Type of SMD
- SMD PTK Mode: PTK mode used in the SMD
- Neighbor Probing: UHR Neighboring AP Probing
Without these parameters configured, drivers and lower layers cannot be
able to support SMD BSS Transition.
Signed-off-by: Rohan Dutta <redacted>
Co-developed-by: Aditya Sathish <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Aditya Sathish <redacted>
Co-developed-by: Sidhanta Sahu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Sidhanta Sahu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Pooventhiran G <redacted>
---
include/net/cfg80211.h | 25 ++++++++++++++++
include/net/mac80211.h | 2 ++
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 5 ++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 6461a7bd0169..d0a269f4c711 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h@@ -1587,6 +1587,29 @@ struct cfg80211_s1g_short_beacon { size_t short_tail_len; }; +/** + * struct cfg80211_smd_params - Seamless Mobility Domain parameters + * + * @smd_enabled: SMD is enabled on this device + * @smd_identifier: SMD ID (ETH_ALEN bytes) + * @smd_timeout: timeout in 64 TUs for ST preparation + * @dl_data_fwd: MSDU forwarding supported + * @max_num_of_peer_apmlds: max prepared AP MLDs supported (0-7) + * @smd_type: SMD type + * @ptk_mode: PTK mode + * @neighbor_probing: UHR Neighboring AP Probing supported + */ +struct cfg80211_smd_params { + bool smd_enabled; + u8 smd_identifier[ETH_ALEN]; + u16 smd_timeout; + bool dl_data_fwd; + u8 max_num_of_peer_apmlds; + enum nl80211_smd_type smd_type; + enum nl80211_smd_ptk_mode ptk_mode; + bool neighbor_probing; +}; + /** * struct cfg80211_ap_settings - AP configuration *
@@ -1623,6 +1646,7 @@ struct cfg80211_s1g_short_beacon { * @mbssid_config: AP settings for multiple bssid * @s1g_long_beacon_period: S1G long beacon period * @s1g_short_beacon: S1G short beacon data + * @smd_params: Seamless Mobility Domain (SMD) parameters */ struct cfg80211_ap_settings { struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
@@ -1655,6 +1679,7 @@ struct cfg80211_ap_settings { struct cfg80211_mbssid_config mbssid_config; u8 s1g_long_beacon_period; struct cfg80211_s1g_short_beacon s1g_short_beacon; + struct cfg80211_smd_params smd_params; };
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 7bb4618065b6..6b82ca07fbf0 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_npca_params { * @s1g_long_beacon_period: number of beacon intervals between each long * beacon transmission. * @npca: NPCA parameters + * @smd_params: SMD parameters */ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
@@ -904,6 +905,7 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { u8 s1g_long_beacon_period; struct ieee80211_bss_npca_params npca; + struct cfg80211_smd_params smd_params; }; #define IEEE80211_NAN_MAX_CHANNELS 3
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 23f4f9ec86d0..b4b42790c5d7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c@@ -1796,6 +1796,11 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, } } + if (params->smd_params.smd_enabled) + link_conf->smd_params = params->smd_params; + else + link_conf->smd_params.smd_enabled = false; + if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP && params->mbssid_config.tx_wdev) { err = ieee80211_set_ap_mbssid_options(sdata,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 22d71f32815f..aa7aa70a5b41 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c@@ -7224,6 +7224,78 @@ static int nl80211_check_npca(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, return -EINVAL; } +static int nl80211_parse_smd_params(struct genl_info *info, + struct cfg80211_smd_params *smd_params) +{ + struct nlattr *smd_params_attr = info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SMD_PARAMS]; + struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0]; + struct net_device *dev = info->user_ptr[1]; + struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr; + struct nlattr *tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_MAX + 1]; + int err; + + if (!wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy, + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SMD)) { + GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "SMD is not supported"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + + if (!wdev->valid_links) { + GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "SMD is not allowed without MLO"); + return -EINVAL; + } + + err = nla_parse_nested(tb, NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_MAX, + smd_params_attr, nl80211_smd_params_policy, + NULL); + if (err) { + GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to parse SMD parameters"); + return err; + } + + if (!tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_IDENTIFIER] || + !tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_TIMEOUT] || + !tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_MAX_PEER_APMLDS] || + !tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_TYPE] || + !tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_PTK_MODE]) { + GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "required SMD parameters are missing"); + return -EINVAL; + } + + memcpy(smd_params->smd_identifier, + nla_data(tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_IDENTIFIER]), + ETH_ALEN); + + smd_params->smd_timeout = + nla_get_u16(tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_TIMEOUT]); + + smd_params->dl_data_fwd = + !!tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_DL_DATA_FORWARDING]; + if (smd_params->dl_data_fwd && + !wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy, + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SMD_DL_PKT_FORWARDING)) { + GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, + "SMD DL packet forwarding is not supported"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + + smd_params->max_num_of_peer_apmlds = + nla_get_u8(tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_MAX_PEER_APMLDS]); + + smd_params->smd_type = + nla_get_u8(tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_TYPE]); + + smd_params->ptk_mode = + nla_get_u8(tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_PTK_MODE]); + + smd_params->neighbor_probing = + !!tb[NL80211_SMD_PARAMS_ATTR_NEIGHBOR_PROBING]; + + smd_params->smd_enabled = true; + + return 0; +} + static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) { struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0];
@@ -7505,6 +7577,12 @@ static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) /* FIXME: validate MLO/link-id against driver capabilities */ + if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SMD_PARAMS]) { + err = nl80211_parse_smd_params(info, ¶ms->smd_params); + if (err) + goto out; + } + err = rdev_start_ap(rdev, dev, params); if (!err) { wdev->links[link_id].ap.beacon_interval = params->beacon_interval;
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