nl80211/mac80211: Perform PLINK_ACTION on new station

Modify the NEW_STATION command to accept PLINK_ACTIONS, in case
userspace wants to create stations and initiate a peer link right away
(for authenticated stations) or create a blocked station (for
debugging).

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index ce29a0d0e88e..f4cb8efe2e5f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2349,11 +2349,16 @@ static int nl80211_new_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
                 params.ht_capa =
                         nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY]);
 
+        if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_ACTION])
+                params.plink_action =
+                    nla_get_u8(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_ACTION]);
+
         if (parse_station_flags(info, &params))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         if (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
             dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
+            dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT &&
             dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO)
                 return -EINVAL;