nl80211: Stop scheduled scan if netlink client disappears

An attribute NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER can be set by the scan initiator.
If present, the attribute will cause the scan to be stopped if the client
dies.

Signed-off-by: Jukka Rissanen <jukka.rissanen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index b3ada0b3a276..c0383e983544 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1672,6 +1672,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER: Flag attribute, if set during interface
  *      creation then the new interface will be owned by the netlink socket
  *      that created it and will be destroyed when the socket is closed.
+ *      If set during scheduled scan start then the new scan req will be
+ *      owned by the netlink socket that created it and the scheduled scan will
+ *      be stopped when the socket is closed.
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_TDLS_INITIATOR: flag attribute indicating the current end is
  *      the TDLS link initiator.