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mac80211: failed forwarded mesh frame addressing

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Don't write the TA until next hop is actually known, since we might need
the original TA for sending a PERR. Previously we would send a PERR to
ourself if path resolution for a forwarded frame failed.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Thomas Pedersen
2011-11-24 17:15:21 -08:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 4bb62344e4
commit 7e3c88660b
3 changed files with 8 additions and 11 deletions
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net/mac80211/rx.c
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@@ -1974,7 +1974,6 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
goto out;
fwd_hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) fwd_skb->data;
memcpy(fwd_hdr->addr2, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(fwd_skb);
memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING;
@@ -1983,14 +1982,9 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(fwd_hdr->addr1)) {
IEEE80211_IFSTA_MESH_CTR_INC(&sdata->u.mesh,
fwded_mcast);
memcpy(fwd_hdr->addr2, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
} else {
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);
err = mesh_nexthop_lookup(fwd_skb, sdata);
/* Failed to immediately resolve next hop:
* fwded frame was dropped or will be added