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2013-05-09batman-adv: reorder clean up routine in order to avoid race conditionsAntonio Quartulli1-4/+12
nc_worker accesses the originator table during its periodic work, but since the originator table is freed before stopping the worker this leads to a global protection fault. Fix this by killing the worker (in nc_free) before freeing the originator table. Moreover tidy up the entire clean up routine by running all the subcomponents freeing procedures first and then killing the TT and the originator tables at the end. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-05-09batman-adv: check proto length before accessing proto string bufferMarek Lindner1-1/+1
batadv_param_set_ra() strips the trailing '\n' from the supplied string buffer without checking the length of the buffer first. This patches avoids random memory access and associated potential crashes. Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2013-04-23Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller1-1/+10
Conflicts: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c include/net/scm.h net/batman-adv/routing.c net/ipv4/tcp_input.c The e{uid,gid} --> {uid,gid} credentials fix conflicted with the cleanup in net-next to now pass cred structs around. The be2net driver had a bug fix in 'net' that overlapped with the VLAN interface changes by Patrick McHardy in net-next. An IGB conflict existed because in 'net' the build_skb() support was reverted, and in 'net-next' there was a comment style fix within that code. Several batman-adv conflicts were resolved by making sure that all calls to batadv_is_my_mac() are changed to have a new bat_priv first argument. Eric Dumazet's TS ECR fix in TCP in 'net' conflicted with the F-RTO rewrite in 'net-next', mostly overlapping changes. Thanks to Stephen Rothwell and Antonio Quartulli for help with several of these merge resolutions. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-04-18batman-adv: make is_my_mac() check for the current mesh onlyAntonio Quartulli1-1/+4
On a multi-mesh node (a node running more than one batman-adv virtual interface) batadv_is_my_mac() has to check MAC addresses of hard interfaces belonging to the current mesh only. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-03-27batman-adv: use seq_puts instead of seq_printf when the format is constantAntonio Quartulli1-1/+1
As reported by checkpatch, seq_puts has to be preferred with respect to seq_printf when the format is a constant string (no va_args) Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-03-27batman-adv: Allow to use rntl_link for device creation/deletionSven Eckelmann1-0/+2
The sysfs configuration interface of batman-adv to add/remove soft-interfaces is not deadlock free and doesn't follow the currently common way to create new virtual interfaces. An additional interface though rtnl_link is introduced which provides easy device creation/deletion with tools like "ip": $ ip link add dev bat0 type batadv $ ip link del dev bat0 Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2013-03-14batman-adv: network coding - add the initial infrastructure codeMartin Hundebøll1-0/+6
Network coding exploits the 802.11 shared medium to allow multiple packets to be sent in a single transmission. In brief, a relay can XOR two packets, and send the coded packet to two destinations. The receivers can decode one of the original packets by XOR'ing the coded packet with the other original packet. This will lead to increased throughput in topologies where two packets cross one relay. In a simple topology with three nodes, it takes four transmissions without network coding to get one packet from Node A to Node B and one from Node B to Node A: 1. Node A ---- p1 ---> Node R Node B 2. Node A Node R <--- p2 ---- Node B 3. Node A <--- p2 ---- Node R Node B 4. Node A Node R ---- p1 ---> Node B With network coding, the relay only needs one transmission, which saves us one slot of valuable airtime: 1. Node A ---- p1 ---> Node R Node B 2. Node A Node R <--- p2 ---- Node B 3. Node A <- p1 x p2 - Node R - p1 x p2 -> Node B The same principle holds for a topology including five nodes. Here the packets from Node A and Node B are overheard by Node C and Node D, respectively. This allows Node R to send a network coded packet to save one transmission: Node A Node B | \ / | | p1 p2 | | \ / | p1 > Node R < p2 | | | / \ | | p1 x p2 p1 x p2 | v / \ v / \ Node C < > Node D More information is available on the open-mesh.org wiki[1]. This patch adds the initial code to support network coding in batman-adv. It sets up a worker thread to do house keeping and adds a sysfs file to enable/disable network coding. The feature is disabled by default, as it requires a wifi-driver with working promiscuous mode, and also because it adds a small delay at each hop. [1] http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Catwoman Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2013-02-28hlist: drop the node parameter from iteratorsSasha Levin1-4/+2
I'm not sure why, but the hlist for each entry iterators were conceived list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member) The hlist ones were greedy and wanted an extra parameter: hlist_for_each_entry(tpos, pos, head, member) Why did they need an extra pos parameter? I'm not quite sure. Not only they don't really need it, it also prevents the iterator from looking exactly like the list iterator, which is unfortunate. Besides the semantic patch, there was some manual work required: - Fix up the actual hlist iterators in linux/list.h - Fix up the declaration of other iterators based on the hlist ones. - A very small amount of places were using the 'node' parameter, this was modified to use 'obj->member' instead. - Coccinelle didn't handle the hlist_for_each_entry_safe iterator properly, so those had to be fixed up manually. The semantic patch which is mostly the work of Peter Senna Tschudin is here: @@ iterator name hlist_for_each_entry, hlist_for_each_entry_continue, hlist_for_each_entry_from, hlist_for_each_entry_rcu, hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh, hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu_bh, for_each_busy_worker, ax25_uid_for_each, ax25_for_each, inet_bind_bucket_for_each, sctp_for_each_hentry, sk_for_each, sk_for_each_rcu, sk_for_each_from, sk_for_each_safe, sk_for_each_bound, hlist_for_each_entry_safe, hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu, nr_neigh_for_each, nr_neigh_for_each_safe, nr_node_for_each, nr_node_for_each_safe, for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp, for_each_gfn_sp, for_each_host; type T; expression a,c,d,e; identifier b; statement S; @@ -T b; <+... when != b ( hlist_for_each_entry(a, - b, c, d) S | hlist_for_each_entry_continue(a, - b, c) S | hlist_for_each_entry_from(a, - b, c) S | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(a, - b, c, d) S | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh(a, - b, c, d) S | hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu_bh(a, - b, c) S | for_each_busy_worker(a, c, - b, d) S | ax25_uid_for_each(a, - b, c) S | ax25_for_each(a, - b, c) S | inet_bind_bucket_for_each(a, - b, c) S | sctp_for_each_hentry(a, - b, c) S | sk_for_each(a, - b, c) S | sk_for_each_rcu(a, - b, c) S | sk_for_each_from -(a, b) +(a) S + sk_for_each_from(a) S | sk_for_each_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | sk_for_each_bound(a, - b, c) S | hlist_for_each_entry_safe(a, - b, c, d, e) S | hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(a, - b, c) S | nr_neigh_for_each(a, - b, c) S | nr_neigh_for_each_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | nr_node_for_each(a, - b, c) S | nr_node_for_each_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | - for_each_gfn_sp(a, c, d, b) S + for_each_gfn_sp(a, c, d) S | - for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp(a, c, d, b) S + for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp(a, c, d) S | for_each_host(a, - b, c) S | for_each_host_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | for_each_mesh_entry(a, - b, c, d) S ) ...+> [akpm@linux-foundation.org: drop bogus change from net/ipv4/raw.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: drop bogus hunk from net/ipv6/raw.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: checkpatch fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warnings] [akpm@linux-foudnation.org: redo intrusive kvm changes] Tested-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-01-19batman-adv: update copyright yearsAntonio Quartulli1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2012-11-21batman-adv: Add function to calculate crc32c for the skb payloadSven Eckelmann1-0/+34
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-11-07batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - implement local storageAntonio Quartulli1-0/+7
Since batman-adv cannot inter-operate with the host ARP table, this patch introduces a batman-adv private storage for ARP entries exchanged within DAT. This storage will represent the node local cache in the DAT protocol. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-11-07batman-adv: add UNICAST_4ADDR packet typeAntonio Quartulli1-0/+2
The current unicast packet type does not contain the orig source address. This patches add a new unicast packet (called UNICAST_4ADDR) which provides two new fields: the originator source address and the subtype (the type of the data contained in the packet payload). The former is useful to identify the node which injected the packet into the network and the latter is useful to avoid creating new unicast packet types in the future: a macro defining a new subtype will be enough. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-10-29batman-adv: Check return value of try_module_getSven Eckelmann1-10/+0
New operations should not be started when they need an increased module reference counter and try_module_get failed. This patch addresses Coverity #712284: Unchecked return value Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-10-29batman-adv: consolidate duplicated primary_if checking codeMarek Lindner1-0/+36
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-08-23batman-adv: Split batadv_priv in sub-structures for featuresSven Eckelmann1-12/+12
The structure batadv_priv grows everytime a new feature is introduced. It gets hard to find the parts of the struct that belongs to a specific feature. This becomes even harder by the fact that not every feature uses a prefix in the member name. The variables for bridge loop avoidence, gateway handling, translation table and visualization server are moved into separate structs that are included in the bat_priv main struct. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-08-23batman-adv: remove a misleading commentJonathan Corbet1-3/+0
As much as I'm happy to see LWN links sprinkled through the kernel by the dozen, this one in particular reflects a very old state of reality; the associated comment is now incorrect. So just delete it. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-07-02batman-adv: Remove bat_ prefix from bat_{debugfs, sysfs}.{c, h}Sven Eckelmann1-2/+2
The "bat_" prefix in the source files implementing the batman-adv sysfs and debugfs interface doesn't have a special meaning and are only used by these files and files that implement the actual B.A.T.M.A.N. path finding algorithm. The prefix is better suited to mark files that are used to implement the main part of the path finding. All other files should not use it and therefore gets renamed. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-02batman-adv: Prefix types structs with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-19/+21
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-02batman-adv: Prefix packet structs with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-5/+5
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-02batman-adv: Prefix main enum with BATADV_Sven Eckelmann1-5/+5
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-02batman-adv: Prefix packet enum with BATADV_Sven Eckelmann1-7/+7
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-02batman-adv: Prefix hard-interface enum with BATADV_Sven Eckelmann1-2/+2
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-28batman-adv: Prefix main defines with BATADV_Sven Eckelmann1-6/+7
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-28batman-adv: Prefix packet defines with BATADV_Sven Eckelmann1-2/+2
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-28batman-adv: Prefix main local static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-37/+39
All non-static symbols of batman-adv were prefixed with batadv_ to avoid collisions with other symbols of the kernel. Other symbols of batman-adv should use the same prefix to keep the naming scheme consistent. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-25batman-adv: Prefix main static inline functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-4/+4
All non-static symbols of batman-adv were prefixed with batadv_ to avoid collisions with other symbols of the kernel. Other symbols of batman-adv should use the same prefix to keep the naming scheme consistent. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Reformat multiline comments to consistent styleSven Eckelmann1-5/+5
batman-adv doesn't follow the style for multiline comments that David S. Miller prefers. All comments should be reformatted to follow this consistent style to make the code slightly more readable. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix main non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-28/+29
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix vis non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-2/+2
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix translation-table non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-3/+3
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix send non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-1/+1
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix routing non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-7/+7
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix originator non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-2/+2
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix icmp-socket non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-1/+1
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix hard-interface non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-3/+3
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix gateway-client non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-1/+1
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix bridge_loop_avoidance non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-2/+2
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix bat_debugfs non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-2/+2
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-21batman-adv: Prefix bat_algo non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann1-1/+1
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-18batman-adv: Return error codes instead of -1 on failuresSven Eckelmann1-11/+16
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-18batman-adv: ignore trailing CR when comparing protocol namesMarek Lindner1-3/+8
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-18batman-adv: avoid characters requiring shell escapes in protocol namesMarek Lindner1-1/+1
Reported-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-18batman-adv: Add get_ethtool_stats() supportMartin Hundebøll1-0/+2
Added additional counters in a bat_stats structure, which are exported through the ethtool api. The counters are specific to batman-adv and includes: forwarded packets and bytes management packets and bytes (aggregated OGMs at this point) translation table packets New counters are added by extending "enum bat_counters" in types.h and adding corresponding descriptive string(s) to bat_counters_strings in soft-iface.c. Counters are increased by calling batadv_add_counter() and incremented by one by calling batadv_inc_counter(). Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-05-11batman-adv: refactoring API: find generalized name for bat_ogm_update_mac ↵Marek Lindner1-1/+1
callback Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-05-11batman-adv: register batman ogm receive function during protocol initMarek Lindner1-4/+1
The B.A.T.M.A.N. IV OGM receive function still was hard-coded although it is a routing protocol specific function. This patch takes advantage of the dynamic packet handler registration to remove the hard-coded function calls. Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Acked-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-05-11batman-adv: introduce packet type handler array for incoming packetsMarek Lindner1-0/+121
The packet handler array replaces the growing switch statement, thus dealing with incoming packets in a more efficient way. It also adds to possibility to register packet handlers on the fly. Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Acked-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-04-18batman-adv: refactoring API: find generalized name for bat_ogm_init_primary ↵Marek Lindner1-1/+1
callback Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-04-18batman-adv: add iface_disable() callback to routing APIMarek Lindner1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-04-18batman-adv: refactoring API: find generalized name for bat_ogm_init callbackMarek Lindner1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-04-11batman-adv: add basic bridge loop avoidance codeSimon Wunderlich1-0/+6
This second version of the bridge loop avoidance for batman-adv avoids loops between the mesh and a backbone (usually a LAN). By connecting multiple batman-adv mesh nodes to the same ethernet segment a loop can be created when the soft-interface is bridged into that ethernet segment. A simple visualization of the loop involving the most common case - a LAN as ethernet segment: node1 <-- LAN --> node2 | | wifi <-- mesh --> wifi Packets from the LAN (e.g. ARP broadcasts) will circle forever from node1 or node2 over the mesh back into the LAN. With this patch, batman recognizes backbone gateways, nodes which are part of the mesh and backbone/LAN at the same time. Each backbone gateway "claims" clients from within the mesh to handle them exclusively. By restricting that only responsible backbone gateways may handle their claimed clients traffic, loops are effectively avoided. Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
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