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mac80211: Use 3-address format for mesh broadcast frames.

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The 11s task group recently changed the frame mesh multicast/broadcast frame
format to use 3-address.  This was done to avoid interactions with widely
deployed lazy-WDS access points.

This patch changes the format of group addressed frames, both mesh-originated
and proxied, to use the data format defined in draft D2.08 and forward.  The
address fields used for group addressed frames is:

In 802.11 header
 ToDS:0  FromDS:1
 addr1: DA  (broadcast/multicast address)
 addr2: TA
 addr3: Mesh SA

In address extension header:
 addr4: SA  (only present if frame was proxied)

Note that this change breaks backward compatibility with earlier mesh stack
versions.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Javier Cardona
2009-08-10 12:15:48 -07:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent a9e3091bf0
commit 3c5772a527
5 changed files with 136 additions and 56 deletions
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net/mac80211/rx.c
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@ -489,12 +489,21 @@ ieee80211_rx_mesh_check(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
{
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)rx->skb->data;
unsigned int hdrlen = ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
char *dev_addr = rx->dev->dev_addr;
if (ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control)) {
if (!ieee80211_has_a4(hdr->frame_control))
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
if (memcmp(hdr->addr4, rx->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1)) {
if (ieee80211_has_tods(hdr->frame_control) ||
!ieee80211_has_fromds(hdr->frame_control))
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
if (memcmp(hdr->addr3, dev_addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
} else {
if (!ieee80211_has_a4(hdr->frame_control))
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
if (memcmp(hdr->addr4, dev_addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
}
}
/* If there is not an established peer link and this is not a peer link
@ -527,7 +536,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_mesh_check(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
if (ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control) &&
is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
mesh_rmc_check(hdr->addr4, msh_h_get(hdr, hdrlen), rx->sdata))
mesh_rmc_check(hdr->addr3, msh_h_get(hdr, hdrlen), rx->sdata))
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
#undef msh_h_get
@ -1495,7 +1504,8 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
/* illegal frame */
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
if (mesh_hdr->flags & MESH_FLAGS_AE_A5_A6){
if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
(mesh_hdr->flags & MESH_FLAGS_AE_A5_A6)) {
struct mesh_path *mppath;
rcu_read_lock();
@ -1512,7 +1522,9 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
rcu_read_unlock();
}
if (compare_ether_addr(rx->dev->dev_addr, hdr->addr3) == 0)
/* Frame has reached destination. Don't forward */
if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
compare_ether_addr(rx->dev->dev_addr, hdr->addr3) == 0)
return RX_CONTINUE;
mesh_hdr->ttl--;
@ -1532,22 +1544,21 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
rx->dev->name);
fwd_hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) fwd_skb->data;
/*
* Save TA to addr1 to send TA a path error if a
* suitable next hop is not found
*/
memcpy(fwd_hdr->addr1, fwd_hdr->addr2, ETH_ALEN);
memcpy(fwd_hdr->addr2, rx->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(fwd_skb);
memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING;
info->control.vif = &rx->sdata->vif;
ieee80211_select_queue(local, fwd_skb);
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(fwd_hdr->addr3))
memcpy(fwd_hdr->addr1, fwd_hdr->addr3,
if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(fwd_hdr->addr1)) {
int err;
/*
* Save TA to addr1 to send TA a path error if a
* suitable next hop is not found
*/
memcpy(fwd_hdr->addr1, fwd_hdr->addr2,
ETH_ALEN);
else {
int err = mesh_nexthop_lookup(fwd_skb, sdata);
err = mesh_nexthop_lookup(fwd_skb, sdata);
/* Failed to immediately resolve next hop:
* fwded frame was dropped or will be added
* later to the pending skb queue. */
@ -1560,7 +1571,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
}
}
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr3) ||
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) ||
rx->dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC)
return RX_CONTINUE;
else