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authorChun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com>2012-01-21 01:02:16 +0800
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-01-27 14:56:56 -0500
commit94f9065648a2645b28187b44ec7778c30cf58758 (patch)
tree734ee883e3fbd99de04240da97716d773d64bb6d
parent2da8f419e78a0ebccc91c095328278fe668a7932 (diff)
{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Add support of setting non-forwarding entity in Mesh
A mesh node that joins the mesh network is by default a forwarding entity. This patch allows the mesh node to set as non-forwarding entity. Whenever dot11MeshForwarding is set to 0, the mesh node can prevent itself from forwarding the traffic which is not destined to him. Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h4
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h1
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/cfg.c2
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c1
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c2
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/mesh.c1
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c5
7 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 0f5ff3739820..4f98fae13307 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2104,6 +2104,9 @@ enum nl80211_mntr_flags {
* TUs) during which a mesh STA can send only one Action frame containing a
* PERR element.
*
+ * @NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING: set Mesh STA as forwarding or non-forwarding
+ * or forwarding entity (default is TRUE - forwarding entity)
+ *
* @NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh configuration attribute
*
* @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2128,6 +2131,7 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params {
NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL,
NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_PERR_MIN_INTERVAL,
+ NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 208a7b5f8d49..281899167d2d 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -798,6 +798,7 @@ struct mesh_config {
* mesh gate, but not necessarily using the gate announcement protocol.
* Still keeping the same nomenclature to be in sync with the spec. */
bool dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol;
+ bool dot11MeshForwarding;
};
/**
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 74c9301681e5..98460783c2d3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,8 @@ static int ieee80211_update_mesh_config(struct wiphy *wiphy,
conf->dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval =
nconf->dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval;
}
+ if (_chg_mesh_attr(NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING, mask))
+ conf->dot11MeshForwarding = nconf->dot11MeshForwarding;
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
index 176c08ffb13c..81d12e65a23c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ IEEE80211_IF_FILE(dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol,
u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol, DEC);
IEEE80211_IF_FILE(dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval,
u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval, DEC);
+IEEE80211_IF_FILE(dot11MeshForwarding, u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshForwarding, DEC);
#endif
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index 73abb7524b2c..cae407136ae0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ifmsh->mshstats.dropped_frames_ttl++;
}
- if (forward) {
+ if (forward && ifmsh->mshcfg.dot11MeshForwarding) {
u32 preq_id;
u8 hopcount, flags;
diff --git a/net/wireless/mesh.c b/net/wireless/mesh.c
index 8c550df13037..9d3e3b6bfcf4 100644
--- a/net/wireless/mesh.c
+++ b/net/wireless/mesh.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const struct mesh_config default_mesh_config = {
.min_discovery_timeout = MESH_MIN_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT,
.dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval = MESH_RANN_INTERVAL,
.dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol = false,
+ .dot11MeshForwarding = true,
};
const struct mesh_setup default_mesh_setup = {
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 5cefd74ab47d..c42173f947ef 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3258,6 +3258,8 @@ static int nl80211_get_mesh_config(struct sk_buff *skb,
cur_params.dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval);
NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
cur_params.dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol);
+ NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
+ cur_params.dot11MeshForwarding);
nla_nest_end(msg, pinfoattr);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
@@ -3289,6 +3291,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_meshconf_params_policy[NL80211_MESHCONF_A
[NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_ROOTMODE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
[NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+ [NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
};
static const struct nla_policy
@@ -3378,6 +3381,8 @@ do {\
dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol, mask,
NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
nla_get_u8);
+ FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, dot11MeshForwarding,
+ mask, NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING, nla_get_u8);
if (mask_out)
*mask_out = mask;