mac80211: Allow drivers to differentiate between ROC types
Some devices can handle remain on channel requests differently
based on the request type/priority. Add support to
differentiate between different ROC types, i.e., indicate that
the ROC is required for sending managment frames.
Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index f7eba13..9b0d342 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2135,6 +2135,24 @@
};
/**
+ * enum ieee80211_roc_type - remain on channel type
+ *
+ * With the support for multi channel contexts and multi channel operations,
+ * remain on channel operations might be limited/deferred/aborted by other
+ * flows/operations which have higher priority (and vise versa).
+ * Specifying the ROC type can be used by devices to prioritize the ROC
+ * operations compared to other operations/flows.
+ *
+ * @IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_NORMAL: There are no special requirements for this ROC.
+ * @IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_MGMT_TX: The remain on channel request is required
+ * for sending managment frames offchannel.
+ */
+enum ieee80211_roc_type {
+ IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_NORMAL = 0,
+ IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_MGMT_TX,
+};
+
+/**
* struct ieee80211_ops - callbacks from mac80211 to the driver
*
* This structure contains various callbacks that the driver may
@@ -2687,7 +2705,8 @@
int (*remain_on_channel)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
- int duration);
+ int duration,
+ enum ieee80211_roc_type type);
int (*cancel_remain_on_channel)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
int (*set_ringparam)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 tx, u32 rx);
void (*get_ringparam)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,