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authorChun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com>2012-01-20 21:02:16 +0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-01-27 23:56:56 +0400
commit94f9065648a2645b28187b44ec7778c30cf58758 (patch)
tree734ee883e3fbd99de04240da97716d773d64bb6d /include
parent2da8f419e78a0ebccc91c095328278fe668a7932 (diff)
downloadlinux-94f9065648a2645b28187b44ec7778c30cf58758.tar.xz
{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Add support of setting non-forwarding entity in Mesh
A mesh node that joins the mesh network is by default a forwarding entity. This patch allows the mesh node to set as non-forwarding entity. Whenever dot11MeshForwarding is set to 0, the mesh node can prevent itself from forwarding the traffic which is not destined to him. Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h4
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h1
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 0f5ff3739820..4f98fae13307 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2104,6 +2104,9 @@ enum nl80211_mntr_flags {
* TUs) during which a mesh STA can send only one Action frame containing a
* PERR element.
*
+ * @NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING: set Mesh STA as forwarding or non-forwarding
+ * or forwarding entity (default is TRUE - forwarding entity)
+ *
* @NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh configuration attribute
*
* @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2128,6 +2131,7 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params {
NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL,
NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_PERR_MIN_INTERVAL,
+ NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 208a7b5f8d49..281899167d2d 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -798,6 +798,7 @@ struct mesh_config {
* mesh gate, but not necessarily using the gate announcement protocol.
* Still keeping the same nomenclature to be in sync with the spec. */
bool dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol;
+ bool dot11MeshForwarding;
};
/**