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| author |   Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> | 2008-08-06 13:17:54 +0200 |
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| committer |   John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2008-08-07 09:49:04 -0400 |
| commit | 8dbc1722a78343eb80f0ce1a3ef1965a9774ad5b (patch) | |
| tree | 5b715063ed70e82817578301a81a64ad947f6322 /net | |
| parent | mac80211: fix use of skb->cb for mesh forwarding (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-8dbc1722a78343eb80f0ce1a3ef1965a9774ad5b.tar.xz linux-dev-8dbc1722a78343eb80f0ce1a3ef1965a9774ad5b.zip | |
mac80211: keep mesh ifaces in allmulti mode
Currently a mesh node will not forward a multicast frame if it is not subscribed
to the specific multicast address. This patch addresses the issue and fixes mesh
multicast forwarding.
Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/main.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c index 0c02c471bca2..aa5a191598c9 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/main.c +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c @@ -245,10 +245,13 @@ static int ieee80211_open(struct net_device *dev) case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP: sdata->bss = &sdata->u.ap; break; + case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT: + /* mesh ifaces must set allmulti to forward mcast traffic */ + atomic_inc(&local->iff_allmultis); + break; case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA: case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR: case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS: - case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT: /* no special treatment */ break; case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID: @@ -495,6 +498,9 @@ static int ieee80211_stop(struct net_device *dev) netif_addr_unlock_bh(local->mdev); break; case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT: + /* allmulti is always set on mesh ifaces */ + atomic_dec(&local->iff_allmultis); + /* fall through */ case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA: case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS: sdata->u.sta.state = IEEE80211_DISABLED; |