STRUCT CFG80211_PMSR_REQUEST(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for struct cfg80211_pmsr_request(9) — it’s literally the peer measurement request struct, and it is lowkey iconic 💅

This is part one of the glow-up, so buckle up: every member gets its moment, no details skipped, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct cfg80211_pmsr_request {
    u64 cookie;
    void *drv_data;
    u32 n_peers;
    u32 nl_portid;
    u32 timeout;
    u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
    u8 mac_addr_mask[ETH_ALEN];
    struct list_head list;
    struct cfg80211_pmsr_request_peer peers[];
};

🎀 Members 🎀

okay, member-by-member glow-up time — here’s exactly what every field is serving:

  • cookie — the cookie, and it’s set by cfg80211 🍪
  • drv_data — driver data for this request, if it’s required for aborting; cfg80211 does not otherwise free it or anything like that 💀
  • n_peers — number of peers to do measurements with 👯
  • nl_portid — netlink portid — used by cfg80211 🛰️
  • timeout — timeout (in milliseconds) for the whole operation; if it’s zero, that means there’s no timeout ⏳
  • mac_addr — MAC address used for the (randomised) request 🎀
  • mac_addr_mask — MAC address mask used for randomisation: bits that are 0 in the mask should be randomised, and bits that are 1 should be taken from the mac_addr 🦋
  • list — used by cfg80211 to hold on to the request 📋
  • peers — per-peer measurement request data 🌈

✨ every field is accounted for, and the struct is absolutely serving its purpose — bestie, this is the whole layout 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

okay bestie, this page is not a solo act — it lives inside a whole little ecosystem, and here's literally every single thing it's adjacent to. no skips, no "you don't need these", all of it. let's go 💅

🧚 the home base & the band-and-rate girlies

🌸 actions, config & the chandef cinematic universe

🦋 scanning, BSS lists & the connect pipeline

  • Scanning and BSS list handling(9) is the section to start with, then: struct cfg80211_ssid(9), struct cfg80211_scan_info(9), struct cfg80211_scan_6ghz_params(9), struct cfg80211_scan_request(9), struct cfg80211_match_set(9), struct cfg80211_sched_scan_plan(9), struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust(9), struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request(9), enum cfg80211_signal_type(9)
  • BSS stuff, lowkey the main character: struct cfg80211_inform_bss(9), struct cfg80211_bss_ies(9), struct cfg80211_bss(9), ieee80211_bss_get_elem(9), ieee80211_bss_get_ie(9)
  • auth / assoc / deauth / disassoc, the whole situationship: struct cfg80211_auth_request(9), struct cfg80211_assoc_link(9), struct cfg80211_ml_reconf_req(9), enum cfg80211_assoc_req_flags(9), struct cfg80211_assoc_request(9), struct cfg80211_deauth_request(9), struct cfg80211_disassoc_request(9), struct cfg80211_ibss_params(9), struct cfg80211_bss_selection(9), struct cfg80211_connect_params(9), enum cfg80211_connect_params_changed(9), enum wiphy_params_flags(9), struct cfg80211_pmksa(9)
  • power-save / wowlan / coalesce girlies: struct cfg80211_pkt_pattern(9), struct cfg80211_wowlan_tcp(9), struct cfg80211_wowlan(9), struct cfg80211_coalesce_rules(9), struct cfg80211_coalesce(9), struct cfg80211_wowlan_nd_match(9), struct cfg80211_wowlan_nd_info(9), struct cfg80211_wowlan_wakeup(9), struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data(9), struct cfg80211_update_ft_ies_params(9), struct cfg80211_mgmt_tx_params(9), struct cfg80211_dscp_exception(9), struct cfg80211_dscp_range(9), struct cfg80211_qos_map(9)

🎀 NAN, PMK, external auth & the PMSR/FTM besties

  • Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)(9) and its whole squad: struct cfg80211_nan_band_config(9), struct cfg80211_nan_conf(9), struct cfg80211_nan_channel(9), struct cfg80211_nan_local_sched(9), struct cfg80211_nan_peer_map(9), struct cfg80211_nan_peer_sched(9), enum cfg80211_nan_conf_changes(9), struct cfg80211_nan_func_filter(9), struct cfg80211_nan_func(9)
  • security/auth buddies: struct cfg80211_pmk_conf(9), struct cfg80211_external_auth_params(9)
  • FTM + PMSR — literally this page's direct relatives, so bestie pls read these: struct cfg80211_ftm_responder_stats(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_result(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_result(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_request_peer(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_request_peer(9), struct cfg80211_update_owe_info(9)

💜 driver ops, wiphy caps & the wiphy struct itself

  • struct mgmt_frame_regs(9), struct cfg80211_ops(9), enum wiphy_flags(9), struct ieee80211_iface_limit(9), struct ieee80211_iface_combination(9), enum wiphy_wowlan_support_flags(9), struct wiphy_wowlan_support(9), struct wiphy_coalesce_support(9), enum wiphy_vendor_command_flags(9), enum wiphy_opmode_flag(9), struct sta_opmode_info(9), struct wiphy_vendor_command(9)
  • iftype ext capa + PMSR capabilities + akms + the radio structs: struct wiphy_iftype_ext_capab(9), cfg80211_get_iftype_ext_capa(9), struct cfg80211_pmsr_capabilities(9), struct wiphy_iftype_akm_suites(9), struct wiphy_radio_cfg(9), struct wiphy_radio_freq_range(9), struct wiphy_radio(9)

🔥 struct wiphy & all its little helpers

🌈 utility functions (the little toolshed)

🍓 radiotap, headers & data path helpers

👑 regulatory enforcement & the internal db

💀 scan/BSS/MLME notification central

🙈 RFkill, vendor commands & test mode

⭐ connect / roam / port-auth notifications

🧚 rx/tx status, CQM & radar/cac events

okay bestie, so the SEE ALSO crew is huge — like, this page is the main character and everyone wants a cameo. Here's the whole roster, every single one, no skips, no cuts:

and that's a wrap, queen 👑 this lil masterpiece lives in ./include/net, version-dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under struct cfg80...pmsr_request(9) — go forth and slay your kernel reads, bestie 💅✨🦋

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