nl80211: add packet offset information for wowlan pattern
If user knows the location of a wowlan pattern to be matched in
Rx packet, he can provide an offset with the pattern. This will
help drivers to ignore initial bytes and match the pattern
efficiently.
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
[refactor pattern sending]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index b233211..eb7b322 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2910,6 +2910,8 @@
* Note that the pattern matching is done as though frames were not
* 802.11 frames but 802.3 frames, i.e. the frame is fully unpacked
* first (including SNAP header unpacking) and then matched.
+ * @NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_OFFSET: packet offset, pattern is matched after
+ * these fixed number of bytes of received packet
* @NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT: number of attributes
* @MAX_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT: max attribute number
*/
@@ -2917,6 +2919,7 @@
__NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_INVALID,
NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_MASK,
NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_PATTERN,
+ NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_OFFSET,
NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT,
MAX_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT = NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT - 1,
@@ -2927,6 +2930,7 @@
* @max_patterns: maximum number of patterns supported
* @min_pattern_len: minimum length of each pattern
* @max_pattern_len: maximum length of each pattern
+ * @max_pkt_offset: maximum Rx packet offset
*
* This struct is carried in %NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_PKT_PATTERN when
* that is part of %NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED in the
@@ -2936,6 +2940,7 @@
__u32 max_patterns;
__u32 min_pattern_len;
__u32 max_pattern_len;
+ __u32 max_pkt_offset;
} __attribute__((packed));
/**
@@ -2951,9 +2956,10 @@
* @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_PKT_PATTERN: wake up on the specified packet patterns
* which are passed in an array of nested attributes, each nested attribute
* defining a with attributes from &struct nl80211_wowlan_trig_pkt_pattern.
- * Each pattern defines a wakeup packet. The matching is done on the MSDU,
- * i.e. as though the packet was an 802.3 packet, so the pattern matching
- * is done after the packet is converted to the MSDU.
+ * Each pattern defines a wakeup packet. Packet offset is associated with
+ * each pattern which is used while matching the pattern. The matching is
+ * done on the MSDU, i.e. as though the packet was an 802.3 packet, so the
+ * pattern matching is done after the packet is converted to the MSDU.
*
* In %NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED, it is a binary attribute
* carrying a &struct nl80211_wowlan_pattern_support.