cfg80211/mac80211: Support disabling HE mode

Allow user to disable HE mode, similar to how VHT and HT
can be disabled.  Useful for testing.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>

Author: greearb

include/net/cfg80211.h

@@ -2583,12 +2583,14 @@ struct cfg80211_auth_request {
  *	authentication capability. Drivers can offload authentication to
  *	userspace if this flag is set. Only applicable for cfg80211_connect()
  *	request (connect callback).
+ * @ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HE:  Disable HE
  */
 enum cfg80211_assoc_req_flags {
 	ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HT			= BIT(0),
 	ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_VHT			= BIT(1),
 	ASSOC_REQ_USE_RRM			= BIT(2),
 	CONNECT_REQ_EXTERNAL_AUTH_SUPPORT	= BIT(3),
+	ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HE			= BIT(4),
 };
 
 /**

include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h

@@ -3045,6 +3045,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
 	NL80211_ATTR_SAR_SPEC,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,

net/mac80211/mlme.c

@@ -5754,6 +5754,9 @@ int ieee80211_mgd_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (req->flags & ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_VHT)
 		ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;
 
+	if (req->flags & ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HE)
+		ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE;
+
 	err = ieee80211_prep_connection(sdata, req->bss, true, override);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_clear;

net/wireless/nl80211.c

@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
 				 NL80211_SAE_PWE_BOTH),
 	[NL80211_ATTR_RECONNECT_REQUESTED] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_SAR_SPEC] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(sar_policy),
+	[NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
 /* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -10019,6 +10020,9 @@ static int nl80211_associate(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_VHT]))
 		req.flags |= ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_VHT;
 
+	if (nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE]))
+		req.flags |= ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HE;
+
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_VHT_CAPABILITY_MASK])
 		memcpy(&req.vht_capa_mask,
 		       nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_VHT_CAPABILITY_MASK]),
@@ -10802,6 +10806,9 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_VHT]))
 		connect.flags |= ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_VHT;
 
+	if (nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_DISABLE_HE]))
+		connect.flags |= ASSOC_REQ_DISABLE_HE;
+
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_VHT_CAPABILITY_MASK])
 		memcpy(&connect.vht_capa_mask,
 		       nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_VHT_CAPABILITY_MASK]),