nl80211: Optional IEs into scan request

This extends the NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN command to allow applications
to specify a set of information element(s) to be added into Probe
Request frames with NL80211_ATTR_IE. This provides support for the
MLME-SCAN.request primitive parameter VendorSpecificInfo and can be
used, e.g., to implement WPS scanning.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index c0d1f5b708c5..33f43b0d08fb 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ struct cfg80211_ssid {
  * @n_ssids: number of SSIDs
  * @channels: channels to scan on.
  * @n_channels: number of channels for each band
+ * @ie: optional information element(s) to add into Probe Request or %NULL
+ * @ie_len: length of ie in octets
  * @wiphy: the wiphy this was for
  * @ifidx: the interface index
  */
@@ -533,6 +535,8 @@ struct cfg80211_scan_request {
         int n_ssids;
         struct ieee80211_channel **channels;
         u32 n_channels;
+        u8 *ie;
+        size_t ie_len;
 
         /* internal */
         struct wiphy *wiphy;