From ed44a951c72ab409f932b1c15914488308e86da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pandiyarajan Pitchaimuthu Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:50:49 +0530 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- include/net/cfg80211.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/net') diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index 1a3fe9ae4c49..80051ffc2755 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -3360,6 +3360,25 @@ void cfg80211_new_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, */ void cfg80211_del_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, gfp_t gfp); +/** + * cfg80211_conn_failed - connection request failed notification + * + * @dev: the netdev + * @mac_addr: the station's address + * @reason: the reason for connection failure + * @gfp: allocation flags + * + * Whenever a station tries to connect to an AP and if the station + * could not connect to the AP as the AP has rejected the connection + * for some reasons, this function is called. + * + * The reason for connection failure can be any of the value from + * nl80211_connect_failed_reason enum + */ +void cfg80211_conn_failed(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, + enum nl80211_connect_failed_reason reason, + gfp_t gfp); + /** * cfg80211_rx_mgmt - notification of received, unprocessed management frame * @wdev: wireless device receiving the frame -- cgit v1.2.3