[PATCH v5 0/6] MLO control socket changes

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Sun Sep 1 02:28:18 PDT 2024


On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 02:08:46PM +0530, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> Control socket for each link BSS of MLD currently needs to be in a separate
> directory since interface name is same for all links in an AP MLD. Hence
> once the first link comes up, rest of links will not come up if using the
> same control interface directory.
> 
> Hence, introduce link level sockets. Each link will use socket with name
> "<interface>_link<link id>" under given control interface directory.
> 
> Also, introduce a MLD level socket with name "<interface>" in the same
> directory. This will help to route the commands to underlying links if
> required as well as it will keep backwards compatibility with other
> applications trying to find "<interface>" file in the control interface
> directory.
> 
> Aditya Kumar Singh (5):
>   ctrl_iface: MLO: introduce MLD level socket
>   hostapd_cli: MLO: pass 'LINKID' in the command
>   hostapd_cli: MLO: add status command for MLD socket
>   tests: MLO: use link ID to access control sockets
>   tests: MLO: add MLD socket connectivity test case
> 
> Karthikeyan Kathirvel (1):
>   ctrl_iface: create link based hapd control sockets

Thanks patches 1-2 and 5-6 applied with cleanup.
 
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