cfg80211: allow advertising VHT capabilities

Allow drivers to advertise their VHT capabilities
and export them to userspace via nl80211.
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Palivela <maheshp@posedge.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

include/linux/nl80211.h

@@ -1813,6 +1813,9 @@ enum nl80211_mpath_info {
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_CAPA: HT capabilities, as in the HT information IE
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_FACTOR: A-MPDU factor, as in 11n
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_DENSITY: A-MPDU density, as in 11n
+ * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET: 32-byte attribute containing the MCS set as
+ *	defined in 802.11ac
+ * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA: VHT capabilities, as in the HT information IE
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_MAX: highest band attribute currently defined
  * @__NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -1826,6 +1829,9 @@ enum nl80211_band_attr {
 	NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_FACTOR,
 	NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_DENSITY,
 
+	NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET,
+	NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA,
+
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
 	NL80211_BAND_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1

include/net/cfg80211.h

@@ -210,6 +210,22 @@ struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap {
 	struct ieee80211_mcs_info mcs;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap - STA's VHT capabilities
+ *
+ * This structure describes most essential parameters needed
+ * to describe 802.11ac VHT capabilities for an STA.
+ *
+ * @vht_supported: is VHT supported by the STA
+ * @cap: VHT capabilities map as described in 802.11ac spec
+ * @vht_mcs: Supported VHT MCS rates
+ */
+struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap {
+	bool vht_supported;
+	u32 cap; /* use IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_ */
+	struct ieee80211_vht_mcs_info vht_mcs;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct ieee80211_supported_band - frequency band definition
  *
@@ -233,6 +249,7 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band {
 	int n_channels;
 	int n_bitrates;
 	struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap ht_cap;
+	struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap vht_cap;
 };
 
 /*

net/wireless/nl80211.c

@@ -921,6 +921,15 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
 				dev->wiphy.bands[band]->ht_cap.ampdu_density)))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
+		/* add VHT info */
+		if (dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_supported &&
+		    (nla_put(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET,
+			     sizeof(dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_mcs),
+			     &dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_mcs) ||
+		     nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA,
+				 dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.cap)))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+
 		/* add frequencies */
 		nl_freqs = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_FREQS);
 		if (!nl_freqs)