nl80211: support vendor-specific events

In addition to vendor-specific commands, also support vendor-specific
events. These must be registered with cfg80211 before they can be used.
They're also advertised in nl80211 in the wiphy information so that
userspace knows can be expected. The events themselves are sent on a
new multicast group called "vendor".

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 61 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 80a10212b1b9..6d238a4331bd 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -2824,6 +2824,8 @@ struct wiphy_vendor_command {
  *
  * @vendor_commands: array of vendor commands supported by the hardware
  * @n_vendor_commands: number of vendor commands
+ * @vendor_events: array of vendor events supported by the hardware
+ * @n_vendor_events: number of vendor events
  */
 struct wiphy {
 	/* assign these fields before you register the wiphy */
@@ -2936,7 +2938,8 @@ struct wiphy {
 	const struct wiphy_coalesce_support *coalesce;
 
 	const struct wiphy_vendor_command *vendor_commands;
-	int n_vendor_commands;
+	const struct nl80211_vendor_cmd_info *vendor_events;
+	int n_vendor_commands, n_vendor_events;
 
 	char priv[0] __aligned(NETDEV_ALIGN);
 };
@@ -3907,6 +3910,14 @@ struct sk_buff *__cfg80211_alloc_reply_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 					   enum nl80211_attrs attr,
 					   int approxlen);
 
+struct sk_buff *__cfg80211_alloc_event_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+					   enum nl80211_commands cmd,
+					   enum nl80211_attrs attr,
+					   int vendor_event_idx,
+					   int approxlen, gfp_t gfp);
+
+void __cfg80211_send_event_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp);
+
 /**
  * cfg80211_vendor_cmd_alloc_reply_skb - allocate vendor command reply
  * @wiphy: the wiphy
@@ -3951,6 +3962,44 @@ cfg80211_vendor_cmd_alloc_reply_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy, int approxlen)
  */
 int cfg80211_vendor_cmd_reply(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
+/**
+ * cfg80211_vendor_event_alloc - allocate vendor-specific event skb
+ * @wiphy: the wiphy
+ * @event_idx: index of the vendor event in the wiphy's vendor_events
+ * @approxlen: an upper bound of the length of the data that will
+ *	be put into the skb
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ *
+ * This function allocates and pre-fills an skb for an event on the
+ * vendor-specific multicast group.
+ *
+ * When done filling the skb, call cfg80211_vendor_event() with the
+ * skb to send the event.
+ *
+ * Return: An allocated and pre-filled skb. %NULL if any errors happen.
+ */
+static inline struct sk_buff *
+cfg80211_vendor_event_alloc(struct wiphy *wiphy, int approxlen,
+			    int event_idx, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return __cfg80211_alloc_event_skb(wiphy, NL80211_CMD_VENDOR,
+					  NL80211_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA,
+					  event_idx, approxlen, gfp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * cfg80211_vendor_event - send the event
+ * @skb: The skb, must have been allocated with cfg80211_vendor_event_alloc()
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ *
+ * This function sends the given @skb, which must have been allocated
+ * by cfg80211_vendor_event_alloc(), as an event. It always consumes it.
+ */
+static inline void cfg80211_vendor_event(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	__cfg80211_send_event_skb(skb, gfp);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE
 /**
  * DOC: Test mode
@@ -4031,8 +4080,13 @@ static inline int cfg80211_testmode_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
  *
  * Return: An allocated and pre-filled skb. %NULL if any errors happen.
  */
-struct sk_buff *cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy,
-						  int approxlen, gfp_t gfp);
+static inline struct sk_buff *
+cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy, int approxlen, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return __cfg80211_alloc_event_skb(wiphy, NL80211_CMD_TESTMODE,
+					  NL80211_ATTR_TESTDATA, -1,
+					  approxlen, gfp);
+}
 
 /**
  * cfg80211_testmode_event - send the event
@@ -4044,7 +4098,10 @@ struct sk_buff *cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb(struct wiphy *wiphy,
  * by cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb(), as an event. It always
  * consumes it.
  */
-void cfg80211_testmode_event(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp);
+static inline void cfg80211_testmode_event(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	__cfg80211_send_event_skb(skb, gfp);
+}
 
 #define CFG80211_TESTMODE_CMD(cmd)	.testmode_cmd = (cmd),
 #define CFG80211_TESTMODE_DUMP(cmd)	.testmode_dump = (cmd),