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authorChun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@cozybit.com>2013-10-14 19:08:27 -0700
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-10-28 15:05:28 +0100
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parentc0f17eb9b2d4d322c099a0700437209149224583 (diff)
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mac80211: process the CSA frame for mesh accordingly
Process the CSA frame according to the procedures define in IEEE Std 802.11-2012 section 10.9.8.4.3 as follow: * The mesh channel switch parameters element (MCSP) must be availabe. * If the MCSP's TTL is 1, drop the frame but still process the CSA. * If the MCSP's precedence value is less than or equal to the current precedence value, drop the frame and do not process the CSA. * The CSA frame is forwarded after TTL is decremented by 1 and the initiator field is set to 0. Transmit restrict field and others are maintained as is. * No beacon or probe response frame are handled here. Also, introduce the debug message used for mesh CSA purpose. Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/util.c')
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diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 65ebe0c5e835..523783cedf6e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ u32 ieee802_11_parse_elems_crc(const u8 *start, size_t len, bool action,
case WLAN_EID_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL:
case WLAN_EID_SECONDARY_CHANNEL_OFFSET:
case WLAN_EID_WIDE_BW_CHANNEL_SWITCH:
+ case WLAN_EID_CHAN_SWITCH_PARAM:
/*
* not listing WLAN_EID_CHANNEL_SWITCH_WRAPPER -- it seems possible
* that if the content gets bigger it might be needed more than once
@@ -905,6 +906,14 @@ u32 ieee802_11_parse_elems_crc(const u8 *start, size_t len, bool action,
}
elems->sec_chan_offs = (void *)pos;
break;
+ case WLAN_EID_CHAN_SWITCH_PARAM:
+ if (elen !=
+ sizeof(*elems->mesh_chansw_params_ie)) {
+ elem_parse_failed = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ elems->mesh_chansw_params_ie = (void *)pos;
+ break;
case WLAN_EID_WIDE_BW_CHANNEL_SWITCH:
if (!action ||
elen != sizeof(*elems->wide_bw_chansw_ie)) {
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