Re: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: allow zero HE OBSS PD offsets

From: Johannes Berg

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 04:08:57 EST


On Thu, 2026-09-03 at 10:18 +0200, github@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Dominic White <github@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> IEEE Std 802.11 permits the OBSS PD offset fields in the Spatial Reuse
> Parameter Set element to have a value of zero. (IEEE Std 802.11-2024,
> 26.10.2.4)
>
> The standard specifies the offsets as unsigned values added to -82 dBm,
> with field presence signalled independently. The valid offset range is
> therefore 0..20.

However, leaving the attribute unset automatically results in zero, so
functionally it's not really needed.

johannes