1 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 3de1c39d03e5..9f85fca0b676 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1346,7 +1346,12 @@ struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data {
  *
  * @add_station: Add a new station.
  * @del_station: Remove a station; @mac may be NULL to remove all stations.
- * @change_station: Modify a given station.
+ * @change_station: Modify a given station. Note that flags changes are not much
+ *      validated in cfg80211, in particular the auth/assoc/authorized flags
+ *      might come to the driver in invalid combinations -- make sure to check
+ *      them, also against the existing state! Also, supported_rates changes are
+ *      not checked in station mode -- drivers need to reject (or ignore) them
+ *      for anything but TDLS peers.
  * @get_station: get station information for the station identified by @mac
  * @dump_station: dump station callback -- resume dump at index @idx
  *
@@ -1694,7 +1699,9 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
  *      regulatory domain no user regulatory domain can enable these channels
  *      at a later time. This can be used for devices which do not have
  *      calibration information guaranteed for frequencies or settings
- *      outside of its regulatory domain.
+ *      outside of its regulatory domain. If used in combination with
+ *      WIPHY_FLAG_CUSTOM_REGULATORY the inspected country IE power settings
+ *      will be followed.
  * @WIPHY_FLAG_DISABLE_BEACON_HINTS: enable this if your driver needs to ensure
  *      that passive scan flags and beaconing flags may not be lifted by
  *      cfg80211 due to regulatory beacon hints. For more information on beacon
@@ -3064,6 +3071,32 @@ void cfg80211_roamed(struct net_device *dev,
                      const u8 *resp_ie, size_t resp_ie_len, gfp_t gfp);
 
 /**
+ * cfg80211_roamed_bss - notify cfg80211 of roaming
+ *
+ * @dev: network device
+ * @bss: entry of bss to which STA got roamed
+ * @req_ie: association request IEs (maybe be %NULL)
+ * @req_ie_len: association request IEs length
+ * @resp_ie: association response IEs (may be %NULL)
+ * @resp_ie_len: assoc response IEs length
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ *
+ * This is just a wrapper to notify cfg80211 of roaming event with driver
+ * passing bss to avoid a race in timeout of the bss entry. It should be
+ * called by the underlying driver whenever it roamed from one AP to another
+ * while connected. Drivers which have roaming implemented in firmware
+ * may use this function to avoid a race in bss entry timeout where the bss
+ * entry of the new AP is seen in the driver, but gets timed out by the time
+ * it is accessed in __cfg80211_roamed() due to delay in scheduling
+ * rdev->event_work. In case of any failures, the reference is released
+ * either in cfg80211_roamed_bss() or in __cfg80211_romed(), Otherwise,
+ * it will be released while diconneting from the current bss.
+ */
+void cfg80211_roamed_bss(struct net_device *dev, struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
+                         const u8 *req_ie, size_t req_ie_len,
+                         const u8 *resp_ie, size_t resp_ie_len, gfp_t gfp);
+
+/**
  * cfg80211_disconnected - notify cfg80211 that connection was dropped
  *
  * @dev: network device