ieee80211_m...tatus_update(9)

💅 NAME 💅

ieee80211_mps_local_status_update — okay so this one tracks the status of your local link-specific PMs, bestie. That's the whole vibe. Local. Link-specific. PMs. Iconic.

Oh and hey, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — welcome to the group chat 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u64 ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sdata — your local mesh subif. That's it. That's the whole argument. She's low maintenance 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what does she do, you ask? Two things, periodt:

• She sets the non-peer power mode ✨
• She triggers the driver PS (re-)configuration 🔥

And then — the way that she's also doing bookkeeping — she returns BSS_CHANGED_BEACON if a beacon update is necessary. Like, "hey bestie, your beacon needs a glow-up, just so you know."

No cap, that's it. She's a small function with main character energy 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns BSS_CHANGED_BEACON if a beacon update is in order. If not... she returns something else (iykyk) 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./net/mac80211/mesh_ps.c, plus her whole friend group:

• mps_qos_null_get(9)
• mps_qos_null_tx(9)
• ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(9)
• ieee80211_mps_set_frame_flags(9)
• ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update(9)
• ieee80211_mps_rx_h_sta_process(9)
• mpsp_qos_null_append(9)
• mps_frame_deliver(9)
• ieee80211_mpsp_trigger_process(9)
• ieee80211_mps_frame_release(9)

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okay that's the whole page, ily, go read your beacons 💖

Catch you in ./net/mac80211, dated October 2026 — same ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(9) time, same ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(9) channel 🧚‍♀️🍓⭐