[PATCH wireless-next v2 2/5] wifi: cfg80211: Add helper to pack station-level STA_INFO
P Praneesh
praneesh.p at oss.qualcomm.com
Sat Jun 13 22:17:32 PDT 2026
Add a helper function nl80211_put_sta_info_common() to pack the
station-level (aggregated) STA information into a netlink message.
This prepares the code for future enhancements such as supporting
fragmented link statistics in nl80211_dump_station.
Signed-off-by: P Praneesh <praneesh.p at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 98548e69b5fc..66f19bfc030a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -8029,32 +8029,15 @@ static int nl80211_fill_link_station(struct sk_buff *msg,
return -EMSGSIZE;
}
-static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
- u32 seq, int flags,
- struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
- struct wireless_dev *wdev,
- const u8 *mac_addr, struct station_info *sinfo)
+static int nl80211_put_sta_info_common(struct sk_buff *msg,
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+ struct station_info *sinfo)
{
- void *hdr;
struct nlattr *sinfoattr, *bss_param;
- hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, portid, seq, flags, cmd);
- if (!hdr) {
- cfg80211_sinfo_release_content(sinfo);
- return -1;
- }
-
- if ((wdev->netdev &&
- nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, wdev->netdev->ifindex)) ||
- nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WDEV, wdev_id(wdev),
- NL80211_ATTR_PAD) ||
- nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr) ||
- nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION, sinfo->generation))
- goto nla_put_failure;
-
- sinfoattr = nla_nest_start_noflag(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO);
+ sinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO);
if (!sinfoattr)
- goto nla_put_failure;
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
#define PUT_SINFO(attr, memb, type) do { \
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(type) == sizeof(u64)); \
@@ -8145,8 +8128,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
PUT_SINFO_U64(T_OFFSET, t_offset);
if (sinfo->filled & BIT_ULL(NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM)) {
- bss_param = nla_nest_start_noflag(msg,
- NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM);
+ bss_param = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_BSS_PARAM);
if (!bss_param)
goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -8188,8 +8170,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
struct nlattr *tidsattr;
int tid;
- tidsattr = nla_nest_start_noflag(msg,
- NL80211_STA_INFO_TID_STATS);
+ tidsattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_STA_INFO_TID_STATS);
if (!tidsattr)
goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -8202,7 +8183,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
if (!tidstats->filled)
continue;
- tidattr = nla_nest_start_noflag(msg, tid + 1);
+ tidattr = nla_nest_start(msg, tid + 1);
if (!tidattr)
goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -8232,6 +8213,37 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
}
nla_nest_end(msg, sinfoattr);
+ return 0;
+
+nla_put_failure:
+ nla_nest_cancel(msg, sinfoattr);
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+}
+
+static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
+ u32 seq, int flags,
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev,
+ const u8 *mac_addr, struct station_info *sinfo)
+{
+ void *hdr;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, portid, seq, flags, cmd);
+ if (!hdr) {
+ cfg80211_sinfo_release_content(sinfo);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if ((wdev->netdev &&
+ nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, wdev->netdev->ifindex)) ||
+ nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WDEV, wdev_id(wdev),
+ NL80211_ATTR_PAD) ||
+ nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr) ||
+ nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION, sinfo->generation))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ if (nl80211_put_sta_info_common(msg, rdev, sinfo))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
if (sinfo->assoc_req_ies_len &&
nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IE, sinfo->assoc_req_ies_len,
--
2.43.0
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