qtnfmac: add interface combination check for repeater mode
authorDmitry Lebed <dlebed@quantenna.com>
Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:45:32 +0000 (11:45 +0000)
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:38:59 +0000 (15:38 +0200)
Firmware supports only STA as primary interface in repeater mode.
Since the only meaningful usage of AP + STA interface combination
is repeater, reject such combination with AP as primary interface.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Lebed <dlebed@quantenna.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c

index 018d3ed..8be1710 100644 (file)
@@ -102,6 +102,21 @@ qtnf_validate_iface_combinations(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
        ret = cfg80211_check_combinations(wiphy, &params);
 
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       /* Check repeater interface combination: primary VIF should be STA only.
+        * STA (primary) + AP (secondary) is OK.
+        * AP (primary) + STA (secondary) is not supported.
+        */
+       vif = qtnf_mac_get_base_vif(mac);
+       if (vif && vif->wdev.iftype == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
+           vif != change_vif && new_type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               pr_err("MAC%u invalid combination: AP as primary repeater interface is not supported\n",
+                      mac->macid);
+       }
+
        return ret;
 }