kernel/net/mac80211/debugfs.c, branch linux-rolling-stable

wifi: mac80211: remove tx_handlers_drop debugfs stats

2025-09-19T09:50:48Z

Commit 906a5a8c7152 ("wifi: mac80211: add tx_handlers_drop statistics to ethtool") added a tx_handlers_drop counter to ethtool stats. During review [1], Johannes noted that the existing debugfs counter is now redundant. Remove the debugfs stat to avoid duplication and streamline statistics reporting. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/ce5f2bd899caa2de32f36ce554d9cada073979c0.camel@sipsolutions.net/ # [1] Signed-off-by: Sarika Sharma Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918040846.4032734-1-quic_sarishar@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: Remove redundant rcu_read_lock/unlock() in spin_lock

2025-09-19T09:48:14Z

Since commit a8bb74acd8efe ("rcu: Consolidate RCU-sched update-side function definitions") there is no difference between rcu_read_lock(), rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_lock_sched() in terms of RCU read section and the relevant grace period. That means that spin_lock(), which implies rcu_read_lock_sched(), also implies rcu_read_lock(). There is no need no explicitly start a RCU read section if one has already been started implicitly by spin_lock(). Simplify the code and remove the inner rcu_read_lock() invocation. Cc: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: pengdonglin Signed-off-by: pengdonglin Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250916044735.2316171-11-dolinux.peng@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: remove DISALLOW_PUNCTURING_5GHZ code

2025-07-09T09:52:36Z

Since iwlwifi was the only driver using this and no longer does, we can remove all this code. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250609213231.4dff5fb8890f.Ie531f912b252a0042c18c0734db50c3afe1adfb5@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add strict mode disabling workarounds

2025-02-11T10:59:06Z

Add a strict mode where we disable certain workarounds and have additional checks such as, for now, that VHT capabilities from association response match those from beacon/probe response. We can extend the checks in the future. Make it an opt-in setting by the driver so it can be set there in some driver-specific way, for example. Also allow setting this one hw flag through the hwflags debugfs, by writing a new strict=0 or strict=1 value. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Reviewed-by: Ilan Peer Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250205110958.5cecb0469479.I4a69617dc60ba0d6308416ffbc3102cfd08ba068@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: use wiphy guard

2024-12-04T15:10:52Z

The wiphy guard simplifies some code here, so use it. Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241122094225.cea65b2d2fd4.Icc168c4bbeddec98ea096aee9077211a7b88b69e@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: convert debugfs files to short fops

2024-10-23T14:47:07Z

Given the large size of the regular struct file_operations, save a lot of space with the newly added short fops for debugfs. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241022151838.2f6de3ea3ecc.I45657e6a8415d796ec95c95becc9efb377ee3be6@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add flag to opt out of virtual monitor support

2024-10-23T14:45:43Z

This is useful for multi-radio devices that are capable of monitoring on multiple channels simultanenously. When this flag is set, each monitor interface is passed to the driver individually and can have a configured channel. The vif mac address for non-active monitor interfaces is cleared, in order to allow the driver to tell them apart from active ones. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c55505ee0cf0a5f141fbcb30d1e8be8d9f40373.1728462320.git-series.nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: remove DEAUTH_NEED_MGD_TX_PREP

2024-06-28T07:56:30Z

This flag is annoying because it puts a lot of logic into mac80211 that could just as well be in the driver (only iwlmvm uses it) and the implementation is also broken for MLO. Remove the flag in favour of calling drv_mgd_prepare_tx() without any conditions even for the deauth-while-assoc case. The drivers that implement it can take the appropriate actions, which for the only user of DEAUTH_NEED_MGD_TX_PREP (iwlmvm) is a bit more tricky than the implementation in mac80211 is anyway, and all others have no need and can just exit if info->was_assoc is set. Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240627132527.94924bcc9c9e.I328a219e45f2e2724cd52e75bb9feee3bf21a463@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add flag to disallow puncturing in 5 GHz

2024-03-25T14:38:13Z

Some devices may not be capable of handling puncturing in 5 GHz only (vs. the current flag that just removes puncturing support completely). Add a flag to support such devices: check and then downgrade the channel width if needed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://msgid.link/20240318184907.49759510da7d.I12c5a61f0be512e0c4e574c2f794ef4b37ecaf6b@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: introduce a feature flag for quiet in CSA

2024-03-04T13:33:58Z

When doing CSA in multi-link, there really isn't a need to stop transmissions entirely. Add a feature flag for drivers to indicate they can handle quiet in CSA (be it by parsing themselves, or by implementing drv_pre_channel_switch()), to make that possible. Also clean up the csa_block_tx handling: it clearly cannot handle multi-link due to the way queues are stopped, move it to the sdata. Drivers should be doing it themselves for working properly during CSA in MLO anyway. Also rename it to indicate that it reflects TX was blocked at mac80211. Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit Link: https://msgid.link/20240228095719.258439191541.I2469d206e2bf5cb244cfde2b4bbc2ae6d1cd3dd9@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg