1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index f4cb8efe2e5f..58f501a35022 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -5818,6 +5818,44 @@ void nl80211_send_ibss_bssid(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
         nlmsg_free(msg);
 }
 
+void nl80211_send_new_peer_candidate(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+                struct net_device *netdev,
+                const u8 *macaddr, const u8* ie, u8 ie_len,
+                gfp_t gfp)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *msg;
+        void *hdr;
+
+        msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, gfp);
+        if (!msg)
+                return;
+
+        hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_NEW_PEER_CANDIDATE);
+        if (!hdr) {
+                nlmsg_free(msg);
+                return;
+        }
+
+        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
+        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, netdev->ifindex);
+        NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, macaddr);
+        if (ie_len && ie)
+                NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IE, ie_len , ie);
+
+        if (genlmsg_end(msg, hdr) < 0) {
+                nlmsg_free(msg);
+                return;
+        }
+
+        genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
+                                nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp);
+        return;
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+        genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+        nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+
 void nl80211_michael_mic_failure(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
                                  struct net_device *netdev, const u8 *addr,
                                  enum nl80211_key_type key_type, int key_id,