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| author |   Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> | 2008-12-12 17:08:31 +0200 |
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| committer |   John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2008-12-19 15:23:08 -0500 |
| commit | b8d476c8cb64a1640d8762aa442b8a73fa74b7d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 0313f5af3f042abb8cf79fd9d188b3929fe80f16 /net | |
| parent | ath5k: fix 802.11 header padding on RX, unpadding on TX (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-b8d476c8cb64a1640d8762aa442b8a73fa74b7d5.tar.xz linux-dev-b8d476c8cb64a1640d8762aa442b8a73fa74b7d5.zip | |
mac80211: Send Layer 2 Update frame on reassociation
When a STA roams back to the same AP before the previous STA entry has
expired, a new STA entry is not added in mac80211. However, a Layer 2
Update frame still needs to be transmitted to update layer 2 devices
about the new location for the STA. Without this, switches may
continue to forward frames to the previous (now incorrect) port when
STA roams between APs.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/cfg.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c index 3ea0884c9432..9d4e4d846ec1 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c @@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ static int ieee80211_add_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, struct sta_info *sta; struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata; int err; + int layer2_update; /* Prevent a race with changing the rate control algorithm */ if (!netif_running(dev)) @@ -716,17 +717,25 @@ static int ieee80211_add_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, rate_control_rate_init(sta); + layer2_update = sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN || + sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP; + rcu_read_lock(); err = sta_info_insert(sta); if (err) { /* STA has been freed */ + if (err == -EEXIST && layer2_update) { + /* Need to update layer 2 devices on reassociation */ + sta = sta_info_get(local, mac); + if (sta) + ieee80211_send_layer2_update(sta); + } rcu_read_unlock(); return err; } - if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN || - sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) + if (layer2_update) ieee80211_send_layer2_update(sta); rcu_read_unlock(); |