linux.git/include/net/mac80211.h, branch v7.3-rc2

wifi: mac80211: add ieee80211_txq_aql_pending()

2026-07-28T14:02:03+00:00

Add a function to allow drivers to query the pending AQL airtime
for a given txq, for both unicast and broadcast.
This will be used for mt76 to limit buffering in AP mode for power-save
stations.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724115429.3921457-4-nbd@nbd.name
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add AQL support for multicast packets

2026-07-28T14:02:03+00:00

Excessive multicast traffic with little competing unicast traffic can easily
flood hardware queues, leading to throughput issues. Additionally, filling
the hardware queues with too many packets breaks FQ for multicast data.
Fix this by enabling AQL for multicast packets.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724115429.3921457-3-nbd@nbd.name
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: implement STA-mode peer probing

2026-07-22T13:36:24+00:00

Add STA/P2P-client support to ieee80211_probe_peer(): when called
for a station interface, send a null-data frame (TODS) to the
associated AP and report the ACK via cfg80211_probe_status().

For MLO connections the driver/firmware selects the link
(IEEE80211_LINK_UNSPECIFIED); for non-MLO the single link is used.

Signed-off-by: Priyansha Tiwari 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260709114228.672317-2-pritiwa@qti.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: parse enhanced critical updates field

2026-07-21T21:29:37+00:00

For association and link reconfiguration response, parse
and store the enhanced BSS parameter change counter out
of the enhanced critical updates field in the multi-link
common info or per-STA profile. These are required for
UHR connections.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714134154.adb9fc29252d.I625580fbadbbf4a1440d88d3675586477f1a3263@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: Add 802.3 multicast encapsulation offload support

2026-06-05T14:12:26+00:00

mac80211 converts 802.3 multicast packets to 802.11 format
before driver TX, even when Ethernet encapsulation offload
is enabled. This prevents drivers that support multicast
Ethernet encapsulation offload from receiving frames in
native 802.3 format.

Introduce the IEEE80211_OFFLOAD_ENCAP_MCAST flag to bypass the
802.11 encapsulation step and pass the multicast packet to the
driver in 802.3 format. Drivers that support multicast Ethernet
encapsulation offload can advertise this flag.

Disable multicast encapsulation offload in MLO case for drivers not
advertising MLO_MCAST_MULTI_LINK_TX support for AP mode and for
3-address AP_VLAN multicast packets.

Signed-off-by: Tamizh Chelvam Raja 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604162403.1563729-4-tamizh.raja@oss.qualcomm.com
[fix unlikely(), indentation]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: basic S1G rx rate reporting support

2026-06-03T12:11:56+00:00

Introduce basic rate encoding/decoding for S1G stas such that the
usermode rx reporting is relevant as it currently uses VHT calculations
which are obviously wildy different to S1G. Sample iw output (with the
associated iw patches applied):

Connected to 0c:bf:74:00:21:c4 (on wlan0)
        SSID: wifi_halow
        freq: 923.500
        RX: 7325230 bytes (4756 packets)
        TX: 190044 bytes (2238 packets)
        signal: -38 dBm
        rx bitrate: 43.3 MBit/s S1G-MCS 9 8MHz short GI S1G-NSS 1
        tx bitrate: 43.3 MBit/s S1G-MCS 9 8MHz short GI S1G-NSS 1
        bss flags:
        dtim period: 1
        beacon int: 100

Signed-off-by: Lachlan Hodges 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602062224.1792985-1-lachlan.hodges@morsemicro.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: mlme: use NPCA chandef if capable

2026-05-05T12:49:03+00:00

If the device is capable, parse the AP chandef with NPCA.
Also advertise the other NPCA operational parameters to the
underlying driver and track if they change (though not with
BSS critical update etc. yet)

Since NPCA can only be enabled when the chanctx isn't shared,
the channel context code needs to clear/set npca.enabled in
the per-link configuration, except during association since
we can't enable NPCA before having completed association. In
this case, set npca.enabled during the association process.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260428112708.eb1e42c0b6d7.I0acd8445d4600363afb8430922531450399d0fab@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: allow only AP chanctx sharing with NPCA

2026-05-05T12:49:03+00:00

When two interfaces share a channel context, disable NPCA
unless both are AP interfaces that require NPCA. This way,
two AP interfaces can have identical chandefs set up and
share the channel context, but any non-APs cannot share a
chanctx with NPCA (they'd almost certainly have different
BSS color.)

This doesn't mean the chanctx cannot be shared but rather
that NPCA will be disabled on the shared channel context.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260428112708.3832e15f4e78.I08a7c7f47d796f4d5d8f9a682c1fba37db2e4cf5@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: track AP's extended MLD capa/ops

2026-05-05T12:49:01+00:00

For UHR multi-link power management, the driver/device needs
to know if the AP supports it, to be able to use it. Track
the AP's extended MLD capabilities and operations so it does.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260428110915.e4038a00e4b2.I323686be5d4a73e8b962019a30d51309496b86a6@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add NAN channel evacuation support

2026-05-05T10:10:15+00:00

A NAN channel can be evacuated, i.e. detached from its chanctx, if all
chanctxs are used by NAN and a chanctx is needed for something else.
For example if the STA interface needs to perform a channel switch.

Implement the evacuation: detach the NAN channel from its chanctx, remove
all the peer NAN channels that were using this chanctx, and update the
driver.

Internally, the NAN channel evacuation will be triggered in the scenario
described above, and API is provided for the driver to also trigger it.

The driver/device is assumed to publish a ULW to notify the peers about
the fact that we won't be present on this NAN channel anymore.

Also export this as an API for the drivers: if a driver has other
resources per channel, it might want to trigger channel evacuation in
order to free up such internal resources for other usages.

Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260504101829.1e1dc40d2f3e.I003fe84dc6373bb9ad55abd7824b9fc21c51203f@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg