[PATCH ath-next 0/4] wifi: ath11k: add support for Tx Power insertion

[Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan]

On 10/17/2025 9:37 AM, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> For certain action frames like the TPC Report IE in the spectrum management
> TPC Report action frame, and in the Radio Measurement Link Measurement
> Report action frame there is a requirement to fill in the current
> and max Tx power of the device in the packet.
> 
> Add support to populate these fields in the relevant packets. Advertise
> this capability from the driver using the feature flag
> NL80211_FEATURE_TX_POWER_INSERTION.
> 
> In software-encrypted cases such as PMF, skip insertion since the packets
> are already encrypted and cannot be modified.
> 
> Patch Overview:
> Patches 1 and 2 serve as preparatory groundwork.
> Patches 3 and 4 implement the core changes described.
> 
> For context, this ath11k implementation is adapted from prior ath12k work [1].
> 
> Reference:
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20250630-support-for-tx-power-insertion-v1-0-77f45484d5bb@oss.qualcomm.com/
> 
> ---
> Aditya Kumar Singh (4):
>        wifi: ath11k: relocate some Tx power related functions in mac.c
>        wifi: ath11k: wrap ath11k_mac_op_get_txpower() with lock-aware internal helper
>        wifi: ath11k: add support for Tx Power insertion in RRM action frame
>        wifi: ath11k: advertise NL80211_FEATURE_TX_POWER_INSERTION
> 
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 447 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>   1 file changed, 312 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanthakumar.thiagarajan at oss.qualcomm.com>