Introduce a new NL STA INFO attribute NL80211_STA_INFO_LAST_BEACON_RX_TIME
to report the last received beacon time to the user space.
This will help to detect if any beacon miss occurs between the mesh peers,
non-AP STA and adhoc modes.
v2: Addressed Johannes's comments from the v1 patch.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/1653893292-11092-1-git-send-email-quic_haric@xxxxxxxxxxx/
Maharaja Kennadyrajan (2):
wifi: nl80211/cfg80211: Add last_beacon_seen in station info
wifi: mac80211: track and report beacon Rx time in station info
include/net/cfg80211.h | 9 +++++++++
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 2 ++
net/mac80211/mesh.c | 4 ++++
net/mac80211/mesh.h | 4 ++++
net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 2 ++
net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 3 +++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 +++
9 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
base-commit: d9104cec3e8fe4b458b74709853231385779001f
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2.17.1
