cfg80211: allow wiphy specific regdomain management

Add a new regulatory flag that allows a driver to manage regdomain
changes/updates for its own wiphy.
A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from
the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like
beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same
system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory
hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several
devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be
contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is
generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible
with non-locally originated hints.

A new API lets the driver send a complete regdomain, to be applied on
its wiphy only.

After a wiphy-specific regdomain change takes place, usermode will get
a new type of change notification. The regulatory core also takes care
enforce regulatory restrictions, in case some interfaces are on
forbidden channels.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Doron <jonathanx.doron@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 4ebb816241fa..4bc1fc9971a5 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -3808,6 +3808,20 @@ const u8 *cfg80211_find_vendor_ie(unsigned int oui, u8 oui_type,
 int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
 
 /**
+ * regulatory_set_wiphy_regd - set regdom info for self managed drivers
+ * @wiphy: the wireless device we want to process the regulatory domain on
+ * @rd: the regulatory domain informatoin to use for this wiphy
+ *
+ * Set the regulatory domain information for self-managed wiphys, only they
+ * may use this function. See %REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED for more
+ * information.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success. -EINVAL, -EPERM
+ */
+int regulatory_set_wiphy_regd(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+			      struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd);
+
+/**
  * wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory - apply a custom driver regulatory domain
  * @wiphy: the wireless device we want to process the regulatory domain on
  * @regd: the custom regulatory domain to use for this wiphy
diff --git a/include/net/regulatory.h b/include/net/regulatory.h
index b776d72d84be..ebc5a2ed8631 100644
--- a/include/net/regulatory.h
+++ b/include/net/regulatory.h
@@ -147,6 +147,24 @@ struct regulatory_request {
  *	NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT, NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO,
  *	NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE. The flag will be set by default if a device
  *	includes any modes unsupported for enforcement checking.
+ * @REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED: for devices that employ wiphy-specific
+ *	regdom management. These devices will ignore all regdom changes not
+ *	originating from their own wiphy.
+ *	A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from
+ *	the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like
+ *	beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same
+ *	system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory
+ *	hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several
+ *	devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be
+ *	contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is
+ *	generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible
+ *	with non-locally originated hints.
+ *	This flag is incompatible with the flags: %REGULATORY_CUSTOM_REG,
+ *	%REGULATORY_STRICT_REG, %REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_FOLLOW_POWER,
+ *	%REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE and %REGULATORY_DISABLE_BEACON_HINTS.
+ *	Mixing any of the above flags with this flag will result in a failure
+ *	to register the wiphy. This flag implies
+ *	%REGULATORY_DISABLE_BEACON_HINTS and %REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE.
  */
 enum ieee80211_regulatory_flags {
 	REGULATORY_CUSTOM_REG			= BIT(0),
@@ -156,6 +174,7 @@ enum ieee80211_regulatory_flags {
 	REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE		= BIT(4),
 	REGULATORY_ENABLE_RELAX_NO_IR           = BIT(5),
 	REGULATORY_IGNORE_STALE_KICKOFF         = BIT(6),
+	REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED		= BIT(7),
 };
 
 struct ieee80211_freq_range {