From 50a83a05586f62b3c48ea83126cc44df135c813a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jukka Rissanen Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:25:39 +0200 Subject: BACKPORT: nl80211: Stop scheduled scan if netlink client disappears (cherry pick from commit 93a1e86ce10e4898f9ca9cd09d659a8a7780ee5e) An attribute NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER can be set by the scan initiator. If present, the attribute will cause the scan to be stopped if the client dies. Signed-off-by: Jukka Rissanen Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Bug: 25561044 Change-Id: Ibe4a555b29b64b6df1b9ed4cdcd0f05a69416d14 --- include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/uapi/linux') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index d69ec9ac1..4c01b7cff 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1518,7 +1518,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * * @NL80211_ATTR_IFACE_SOCKET_OWNER: flag attribute, if set during interface * creation then the new interface will be owned by the netlink socket - * that created it and will be destroyed when the socket is closed + * that created it and will be destroyed when the socket is closed. + * If set during scheduled scan start then the new scan req will be + * owned by the netlink socket that created it and the scheduled scan will + * be stopped when the socket is closed. * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use -- cgit v1.2.3