cfg80211/nl80211: Notify connection request failure in AP mode
In AP mode, when a station requests connection to an AP and if the
request is failed for particular reason, userspace is notified about the
failure through NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED command. Reason for the failure
is sent through the attribute NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON.
Signed-off-by: Pandiyarajan Pitchaimuthu <c_ppitch@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 222189b6..f1047ae 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -8364,6 +8364,40 @@
nlmsg_free(msg);
}
+void nl80211_send_conn_failed_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+ struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
+ enum nl80211_connect_failed_reason reason,
+ gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ void *hdr;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp);
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED);
+ if (!hdr) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex) ||
+ nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr) ||
+ nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON, reason))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+ genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
+ nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp);
+ return;
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+ genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+
static bool __nl80211_unexpected_frame(struct net_device *dev, u8 cmd,
const u8 *addr, gfp_t gfp)
{
