cfg80211: VLAN offload support for set_key and set_sta_vlan

This provides an alternative mechanism for AP VLAN support where a
single netdev is used with VLAN tagged frames instead of separate
netdevs for each VLAN without tagged frames from the WLAN driver.

By setting NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VLAN_OFFLOAD flag the driver indicates
support for a single netdev with VLAN tagged frames. Separate
VLAN-specific netdevs can be added using RTM_NEWLINK/IFLA_VLAN_ID
similarly to Ethernet. NL80211_CMD_NEW_KEY (for group keys),
NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION, and NL80211_CMD_SET_STATION will optionally
specify vlan_id using NL80211_ATTR_VLAN_ID.

Signed-off-by: Gurumoorthi Gnanasambandhan <gguru@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191031214640.5012-1-jouni@codeaurora.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 64135ab3a7ac..341e0e8cae46 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -249,6 +249,22 @@
  */
 
 /**
+ * DOC: VLAN offload support for setting group keys and binding STAs to VLANs
+ *
+ * By setting @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VLAN_OFFLOAD flag drivers can indicate they
+ * support offloading VLAN functionality in a manner where the driver exposes a
+ * single netdev that uses VLAN tagged frames and separate VLAN-specific netdevs
+ * can then be added using RTM_NEWLINK/IFLA_VLAN_ID similarly to the Ethernet
+ * case. Frames received from stations that are not assigned to any VLAN are
+ * delivered on the main netdev and frames to such stations can be sent through
+ * that main netdev.
+ *
+ * %NL80211_CMD_NEW_KEY (for group keys), %NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION, and
+ * %NL80211_CMD_SET_STATION will optionally specify vlan_id using
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_VLAN_ID.
+ */
+
+/**
  * enum nl80211_commands - supported nl80211 commands
  *
  * @NL80211_CMD_UNSPEC: unspecified command to catch errors
@@ -2381,6 +2397,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *	the allowed channel bandwidth configurations. (u8 attribute)
  *	Defined by IEEE P802.11ay/D4.0 section 9.4.2.251, Table 13.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_VLAN_ID: VLAN ID (1..4094) for the station and VLAN group key
+ *	(u16).
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2843,6 +2862,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 	NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_EDMG_CHANNELS,
 	NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_EDMG_BW_CONFIG,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_VLAN_ID,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -5492,6 +5513,10 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SAE_OFFLOAD: Device wants to do SAE authentication in
  *	station mode (SAE password is passed as part of the connect command).
  *
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VLAN_OFFLOAD: The driver supports a single netdev
+ *	with VLAN tagged frames and separate VLAN-specific netdevs added using
+ *	vconfig similarly to the Ethernet case.
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
  * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
  */
@@ -5537,6 +5562,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_EXT_KEY_ID,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_STA_TX_PWR,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SAE_OFFLOAD,
+	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VLAN_OFFLOAD,
 
 	/* add new features before the definition below */
 	NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,