linux-kernel - [PATCH ath-next 0/4] wifi: ath11k: add support for Tx Power insertion

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Message-Id: <20251017-add_tx_power_insertion_support-v1-0-f08feacfca93@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:37:56 +0530
From: Aditya Kumar Singh <aditya.kumar.singh@....qualcomm.com>
To: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Aditya Kumar Singh <aditya.kumar.singh@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH ath-next 0/4] wifi: ath11k: add support for Tx Power
 insertion

For certain action frames like the TPC Report IE in the spectrum management
TPC Report action frame, and in the Radio Measurement Link Measurement
Report action frame there is a requirement to fill in the current
and max Tx power of the device in the packet.

Add support to populate these fields in the relevant packets. Advertise
this capability from the driver using the feature flag
NL80211_FEATURE_TX_POWER_INSERTION.

In software-encrypted cases such as PMF, skip insertion since the packets
are already encrypted and cannot be modified.

Patch Overview:
Patches 1 and 2 serve as preparatory groundwork.
Patches 3 and 4 implement the core changes described.

For context, this ath11k implementation is adapted from prior ath12k work [1].

Reference:
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20250630-support-for-tx-power-insertion-v1-0-77f45484d5bb@oss.qualcomm.com/

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Aditya Kumar Singh (4):
      wifi: ath11k: relocate some Tx power related functions in mac.c
      wifi: ath11k: wrap ath11k_mac_op_get_txpower() with lock-aware internal helper
      wifi: ath11k: add support for Tx Power insertion in RRM action frame
      wifi: ath11k: advertise NL80211_FEATURE_TX_POWER_INSERTION

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 447 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 312 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)
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base-commit: d5ce93f136fbee2b7afbe221f34ca881036f8de3
change-id: 20251008-add_tx_power_insertion_support-e5225e924bfd