From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sipsolutions.net (s3.sipsolutions.net [168.119.38.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99B703346AF for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:53:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=168.119.38.16 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776246793; cv=none; b=QivtADFkU8BqyPxUjCWCN1F/3meyeitt/jYXklfjphUAcIdOL/M5xZVgRrEcYCL7n7YYmJ5lrPhPZRSBFTOWSwGeX2rMCAeMatW0NA90Vq7kMt4xZhCuDGfsm33kgcquzRW1I+IcPijCWc7uyEhyQrBzkVvZTFTVnG0065ruAUA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776246793; c=relaxed/simple; bh=JZDM7oAyW5Yxoamjvv+9xrYN9VRNvgifud3TxQuX41k=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; b=iQ08PAn/IZ/c3Wlbj7vsjDOsOKF3E/QN+piN3xp3GhDBAvUWOOqBJFJrMLZBUjNaUMlyxA0CWQWChHnDfW77IIWMkViXAu8PLu/7IH8tNhDIN91FgU5G/VhoNO5FHLwvIYQ/z9yyRhmw7Vhl81I1+uetAjro1jfF15F+eXx8RCk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=sipsolutions.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sipsolutions.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=sipsolutions.net header.i=@sipsolutions.net header.b=x97Hpvr4; arc=none smtp.client-ip=168.119.38.16 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=sipsolutions.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sipsolutions.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=sipsolutions.net header.i=@sipsolutions.net header.b="x97Hpvr4" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sipsolutions.net; s=mail; h=MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:References:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=JZDM7oAyW5Yxoamjvv+9xrYN9VRNvgifud3TxQuX41k=; t=1776246792; x=1777456392; b=x97Hpvr4kVmFA83Mfos874pDOnzMQinExBK7FvWI/COXZSR O4TOtEcWfjwt6y2rLmkrQLDmpg+6eqn2BjYh/xl6mP78pbdaubwyHIJWBGnpKV0S7UcY0k++k+EjI qvenioDAhtniL1VhGX7HsMdhewKO+ImpyIGdxioJT0i+zwoSK7oYqvVClT411XiEpyR37RrDw23Jd VM93F1RiyRfMEugbo/+ddFUiAJiAVpZGDVrGhS0C1vDpoOB5+udHAu2NU91+Xncw/GC02nC0bqQtt S8NT4mtr90R7qhLKw6pmCmXSa/8uvcrblNx5Y9wt17TYuupiZfjPlTEYNugLW9IQ==; Received: by sipsolutions.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_X25519__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wCwvk-00000006JzM-3GR0; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:53:08 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless-next v1 1/4] wifi: nl80211: rename PROBE_CLIENT to PROBE_PEER and add STA-side probing support From: Johannes Berg To: Priyansha Tiwari Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, quic_drohan@quicinc.com Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:53:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20260415094304.1731390-2-pritiwa@qti.qualcomm.com> References: <20260415094304.1731390-1-pritiwa@qti.qualcomm.com> <20260415094304.1731390-2-pritiwa@qti.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.58.3 (3.58.3-1.fc43) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-malware-bazaar: not-scanned On Wed, 2026-04-15 at 15:13 +0530, Priyansha Tiwari wrote: > From: Priyansha Tiwari >=20 > Rename NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT to NL80211_CMD_PROBE_PEER to generalize > peer probing, AP/GO continue to probe associated STAs (legacy PROBE_CLIEN= T > behavior) while, when the driver advertises NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PROBE_AP, > a STA/P2P-client may probe its currently associated AP to quickly verify = link > responsiveness without waiting for traffic or long timeouts. Why though? Link management etc. is totally up to the driver/mac80211... Also I'm sure this isn't going to work for all devices, e.g. Intel devices can't send NDPs from the host (this is probably wrong in the iwlmld driver for AP side though.) johannes