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Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 19:19:02 +0200
From:   Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@....com>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Marek Behún <marek.behun@....cz>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: Add support for NL80211_ATTR_MAX_AP_ASSOC_STA

On Thursday 21 May 2020 14:35:59 Pali Rohár wrote:
> SD8997 firmware sends TLV_TYPE_MAX_CONN with struct hw_spec_max_conn to
> inform kernel about maximum number of p2p connections and stations in AP
> mode.
> 
> During initialization of SD8997 wifi chip kernel prints warning:
> 
>   mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: Unknown GET_HW_SPEC TLV type: 0x217
> 
> This patch adds support for parsing TLV_TYPE_MAX_CONN (0x217) and sets
> appropriate cfg80211 member 'max_ap_assoc_sta' from retrieved structure.
> 
> It allows userspace to retrieve NL80211_ATTR_MAX_AP_ASSOC_STA attribute.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>

Hello Kalle and Ganapathi, could you please review this patch?

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c |  5 +++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c   | 12 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/fw.h       |  8 ++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h     |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> index 12bfd653a..7998e91c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> @@ -4339,6 +4339,11 @@ int mwifiex_register_cfg80211(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
>  		wiphy->iface_combinations = &mwifiex_iface_comb_ap_sta;
>  	wiphy->n_iface_combinations = 1;
>  
> +	if (adapter->max_sta_conn > adapter->max_p2p_conn)
> +		wiphy->max_ap_assoc_sta = adapter->max_sta_conn;
> +	else
> +		wiphy->max_ap_assoc_sta = adapter->max_p2p_conn;
> +
>  	/* Initialize cipher suits */
>  	wiphy->cipher_suites = mwifiex_cipher_suites;
>  	wiphy->n_cipher_suites = ARRAY_SIZE(mwifiex_cipher_suites);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
> index 589cc5eb1..d068b9075 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
> @@ -1495,6 +1495,7 @@ int mwifiex_ret_get_hw_spec(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
>  	struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter = priv->adapter;
>  	struct mwifiex_ie_types_header *tlv;
>  	struct hw_spec_api_rev *api_rev;
> +	struct hw_spec_max_conn *max_conn;
>  	u16 resp_size, api_id;
>  	int i, left_len, parsed_len = 0;
>  
> @@ -1604,6 +1605,17 @@ int mwifiex_ret_get_hw_spec(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
>  					break;
>  				}
>  				break;
> +			case TLV_TYPE_MAX_CONN:
> +				max_conn = (struct hw_spec_max_conn *)tlv;
> +				adapter->max_p2p_conn = max_conn->max_p2p_conn;
> +				adapter->max_sta_conn = max_conn->max_sta_conn;
> +				mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO,
> +					    "max p2p connections: %u\n",
> +					    adapter->max_p2p_conn);
> +				mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO,
> +					    "max sta connections: %u\n",
> +					    adapter->max_sta_conn);
> +				break;
>  			default:
>  				mwifiex_dbg(adapter, FATAL,
>  					    "Unknown GET_HW_SPEC TLV type: %#x\n",
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/fw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/fw.h
> index 6f86f5b96..8047e3078 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/fw.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/fw.h
> @@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ enum MWIFIEX_802_11_PRIVACY_FILTER {
>  #define TLV_TYPE_BSS_MODE           (PROPRIETARY_TLV_BASE_ID + 206)
>  #define TLV_TYPE_RANDOM_MAC         (PROPRIETARY_TLV_BASE_ID + 236)
>  #define TLV_TYPE_CHAN_ATTR_CFG      (PROPRIETARY_TLV_BASE_ID + 237)
> +#define TLV_TYPE_MAX_CONN           (PROPRIETARY_TLV_BASE_ID + 279)
>  
>  #define MWIFIEX_TX_DATA_BUF_SIZE_2K        2048
>  
> @@ -2388,4 +2389,11 @@ struct mwifiex_opt_sleep_confirm {
>  	__le16 action;
>  	__le16 resp_ctrl;
>  } __packed;
> +
> +struct hw_spec_max_conn {
> +	struct mwifiex_ie_types_header header;
> +	u8 max_p2p_conn;
> +	u8 max_sta_conn;
> +} __packed;
> +
>  #endif /* !_MWIFIEX_FW_H_ */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
> index afaffc325..5923c5c14 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
> @@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ struct mwifiex_adapter {
>  	bool ext_scan;
>  	u8 fw_api_ver;
>  	u8 key_api_major_ver, key_api_minor_ver;
> +	u8 max_p2p_conn, max_sta_conn;
>  	struct memory_type_mapping *mem_type_mapping_tbl;
>  	u8 num_mem_types;
>  	bool scan_chan_gap_enabled;
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>