* [PATCH 0/2] wifi: nl80211: Document sta-info nested attribute
@ 2026-08-21 7:47 Hilal Rahmatullah
2026-08-21 7:47 ` [PATCH 1/2] wifi: nl80211: add " Hilal Rahmatullah
2026-08-21 7:47 ` [PATCH 2/2] net: ynl: allow u8 sub-type for indexed array Hilal Rahmatullah
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From: Hilal Rahmatullah @ 2026-08-21 7:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Donald Hunter, Jakub Kicinski, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, Hilal Rahmatullah
There are many undocumented attribute in nl80211 specification
documentation, this patch series aims to document
NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO nested attribute from the previous
binary type.
This patch merges/supersedes 2 related patches.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260820110904.28645-1-hilalrahmatullah11@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260820072141.15779-1-hilalrahmatullah11@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Hilal Rahmatullah <hilalrahmatullah11@gmail.com>
---
Hilal Rahmatullah (2):
wifi: nl80211: add sta-info nested attribute
net: ynl: allow u8 sub-type for indexed array
Documentation/netlink/specs/nl80211.yaml | 368 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py | 2 +-
2 files changed, 368 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 3d6d817622b0a9721e3cc404df3469171582be13
change-id: 20260821-work-b9d257341ca7
Best regards,
--
Hilal Rahmatullah <hilalrahmatullah11@gmail.com>
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@ 2026-08-21 7:47 ` Hilal Rahmatullah
2026-08-21 7:47 ` [PATCH 2/2] net: ynl: allow u8 sub-type for indexed array Hilal Rahmatullah
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From: Hilal Rahmatullah @ 2026-08-21 7:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Donald Hunter, Jakub Kicinski, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, Hilal Rahmatullah
Add NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO nested attribute definition, along with
its related attributes and enum.
Signed-off-by: Hilal Rahmatullah <hilalrahmatullah11@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/netlink/specs/nl80211.yaml | 368 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 367 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nl80211.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nl80211.yaml
index 802097128bda..cc5ef34f8dec 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nl80211.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nl80211.yaml
@@ -211,6 +211,76 @@ definitions:
- ht20
- ht40minus
- ht40plus
+ -
+ name: eht-gi
+ type: enum
+ name-prefix: nl80211-rate-info-eht-gi-
+ entries:
+ - 0-8
+ - 1-6
+ - 3-2
+ -
+ name: eht-ru-alloc
+ type: enum
+ name-prefix: nl80211-rate-info-he-ru-alloc-
+ entries:
+ - "26"
+ - "52"
+ - 52p26
+ - "106"
+ - 106p26
+ - "242"
+ - "484"
+ - 484p242
+ - "996"
+ - 996p484
+ - 996p484p242
+ - 2x996
+ - 2x996p484
+ - 3x996
+ - 3x996p484
+ - 4x996
+ -
+ name: he-gi
+ type: enum
+ name-prefix: nl80211-rate-info-he-gi-
+ entries:
+ - 0-8
+ - 1-6
+ - 3-2
+ -
+ name: he-ru-alloc
+ type: enum
+ name-prefix: nl80211-rate-info-he-ru-alloc-
+ entries:
+ - "26"
+ - "52"
+ - "106"
+ - "242"
+ - "484"
+ - "996"
+ - 2x996
+ -
+ name: mesh-power-mode
+ type: enum
+ name-prefix: nl80211-mesh-power-
+ entries:
+ - unknown
+ - active
+ - light-sleep
+ - deep-sleep
+ -
+ name: plink-state
+ type: enum
+ name-prefix: nl80211-plink-
+ entries:
+ - listen
+ - opn-snt
+ - opn-rcvd
+ - cnf-rcvd
+ - estab
+ - holding
+ - blocked
-
name: sta-flag-update
type: struct
@@ -297,7 +367,8 @@ attribute-sets:
type: u32
-
name: sta-info
- type: binary # TODO: nest
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: sta-info-attrs
-
name: wiphy-bands
type: nest
@@ -1601,6 +1672,111 @@ attribute-sets:
name: nan
type: nest
nested-attributes: frame-type-attrs
+ -
+ name: rate-info-attrs
+ enum-name: nl80211-rate-info
+ name-prefix: nl80211-rate-info-
+ attributes:
+ -
+ name: bitrate
+ type: u16
+ -
+ name: mcs
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: 40-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: short-gi
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: bitrate32
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: vht-mcs
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: vht-nss
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: 80-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: 80p80-mhz-width
+ type: unused
+ -
+ name: 160-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: 10-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: 5-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: he-mcs
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: he-nss
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: he-gi
+ type: u8
+ enum: he-gi
+ -
+ name: he-dcm
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: he-ru-alloc
+ type: u8
+ enum: he-ru-alloc
+ -
+ name: 320-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: eht-mcs
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: eht-nss
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: eht-gi
+ type: u8
+ enum: eht-gi
+ -
+ name: eht-ru-alloc
+ type: u8
+ enum: eht-ru-alloc
+ -
+ name: s1g-mcs
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: s1g-nss
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: 1-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: 2-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: 4-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: 8-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: 16-mhz-width
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: uhr-mcs
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: uhr-elr
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: uhr-im
+ type: flag
-
name: sar-attributes
enum-name: nl80211-sar-attrs
@@ -1631,6 +1807,172 @@ attribute-sets:
-
name: end-freq
type: u32
+ -
+ name: sta-bss-param-attrs
+ enum-name: nl80211-sta-bss-param
+ name-prefix: nl80211-sta-bss-param-
+ attributes:
+ -
+ name: cts-prot
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: short-preamble
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: short-slot-time
+ type: flag
+ -
+ name: dtim-period
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: beacon-interval
+ type: u16
+ -
+ name: sta-info-attrs
+ enum-name: nl80211-sta-info
+ name-prefix: nl80211-sta-info-
+ attributes:
+ -
+ name: inactive-time
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: rx-bytes
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: tx-bytes
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: llid
+ type: u16
+ -
+ name: plid
+ type: u16
+ -
+ name: plink-state
+ type: u8
+ enum: plink-state
+ -
+ name: signal
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: tx-bitrate
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: rate-info-attrs
+ -
+ name: rx-packets
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: tx-packets
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: tx-retries
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: tx-failed
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: signal-avg
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: rx-bitrate
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: rate-info-attrs
+ -
+ name: bss-param
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: sta-bss-param-attrs
+ -
+ name: connected-time
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: sta-flags
+ type: binary
+ struct: sta-flag-update
+ -
+ name: beacon-loss
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: t-offset
+ type: s64
+ -
+ name: local-pm
+ type: u32
+ enum: mesh-power-mode
+ -
+ name: peer-pm
+ type: u32
+ enum: mesh-power-mode
+ -
+ name: nonpeer-pm
+ type: u32
+ enum: mesh-power-mode
+ -
+ name: rx-bytes64
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: tx-bytes64
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: chain-signal
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: u8
+ -
+ name: chain-signal-avg
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: u8
+ -
+ name: expected-throughput
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: rx-drop-misc
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: beacon-rx
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: beacon-signal-avg
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: tid-stats
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
+ nested-attributes: tid-stats-attrs
+ -
+ name: rx-duration
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: pad
+ type: binary
+ -
+ name: ack-signal
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: ack-signal-avg
+ type: s8
+ -
+ name: rx-mpdus
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: fcs-error-count
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: connected-to-gate
+ type: u8
+ -
+ name: tx-duration
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: airtime-weight
+ type: u16
+ -
+ name: airtime-link-metric
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: assoc-at-boottime
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: connected-to-as
+ type: u8
-
name: supported-iftypes
enum-name: nl80211-iftype
@@ -1672,6 +2014,30 @@ attribute-sets:
-
name: nan
type: flag
+ -
+ name: tid-stats-attrs
+ enum-name: nl80211-tid-stats
+ name-prefix: nl80211-tid-stats-
+ attributes:
+ -
+ name: rx-msdu
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: tx-msdu
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: tx-msdu-retries
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: tx-msdu-failed
+ type: u64
+ -
+ name: pad
+ type: binary
+ -
+ name: txq-stats
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: txq-stats-attrs
-
name: txq-stats-attrs
name-prefix: nl80211-txq-stats-
--
2.53.0
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2026-08-21 7:47 ` [PATCH 1/2] wifi: nl80211: add " Hilal Rahmatullah
@ 2026-08-21 7:47 ` Hilal Rahmatullah
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Hilal Rahmatullah @ 2026-08-21 7:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Donald Hunter, Jakub Kicinski, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, Hilal Rahmatullah
add u8 to the supported sub-type for indexed array,
it is needed for NL80211_STA_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL serialization.
Signed-off-by: Hilal Rahmatullah <hilalrahmatullah11@gmail.com>
---
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
index cdc3646f2642..7373a48d5516 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ class AttrSet(SpecAttrSet):
elif elem['type'] == 'nest':
t = TypeNest(self.family, self, elem, value)
elif elem['type'] == 'indexed-array' and 'sub-type' in elem:
- if elem["sub-type"] in ['binary', 'nest', 'u32']:
+ if elem["sub-type"] in ['binary', 'nest', 'u32', 'u8']:
t = TypeIndexedArray(self.family, self, elem, value)
else:
raise Exception(f'new_attr: unsupported sub-type {elem["sub-type"]}')
--
2.53.0
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