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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
index 53a900952282..a5602ef0f262 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
@@ -103,7 +103,18 @@ static void batadv_gw_select(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->gw.list_lock);
}
-void batadv_gw_deselect(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
+/**
+ * batadv_gw_reselect - force a gateway reselection
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ *
+ * Set a flag to remind the GW component to perform a new gateway reselection.
+ * However this function does not ensure that the current gateway is going to be
+ * deselected. The reselection mechanism may elect the same gateway once again.
+ *
+ * This means that invoking batadv_gw_reselect() does not guarantee a gateway
+ * change and therefore a uevent is not necessarily expected.
+ */
+void batadv_gw_reselect(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
{
atomic_set(&bat_priv->gw.reselect, 1);
}
@@ -242,7 +253,7 @@ void batadv_gw_election(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
router = batadv_orig_node_get_router(next_gw->orig_node);
if (!router) {
- batadv_gw_deselect(bat_priv);
+ batadv_gw_reselect(bat_priv);
goto out;
}
}
@@ -294,11 +305,11 @@ void batadv_gw_check_election(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
curr_gw_orig = batadv_gw_get_selected_orig(bat_priv);
if (!curr_gw_orig)
- goto deselect;
+ goto reselect;
router_gw = batadv_orig_node_get_router(curr_gw_orig);
if (!router_gw)
- goto deselect;
+ goto reselect;
/* this node already is the gateway */
if (curr_gw_orig == orig_node)
@@ -326,8 +337,8 @@ void batadv_gw_check_election(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
"Restarting gateway selection: better gateway found (tq curr: %i, tq new: %i)\n",
gw_tq_avg, orig_tq_avg);
-deselect:
- batadv_gw_deselect(bat_priv);
+reselect:
+ batadv_gw_reselect(bat_priv);
out:
if (curr_gw_orig)
batadv_orig_node_free_ref(curr_gw_orig);
@@ -457,7 +468,7 @@ void batadv_gw_node_update(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
*/
curr_gw = batadv_gw_get_selected_gw_node(bat_priv);
if (gw_node == curr_gw)
- batadv_gw_deselect(bat_priv);
+ batadv_gw_reselect(bat_priv);
}
out:
@@ -483,7 +494,7 @@ void batadv_gw_node_purge(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
struct batadv_gw_node *gw_node, *curr_gw;
struct hlist_node *node_tmp;
unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(2 * BATADV_PURGE_TIMEOUT);
- int do_deselect = 0;
+ int do_reselect = 0;
curr_gw = batadv_gw_get_selected_gw_node(bat_priv);
@@ -497,7 +508,7 @@ void batadv_gw_node_purge(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
continue;
if (curr_gw == gw_node)
- do_deselect = 1;
+ do_reselect = 1;
hlist_del_rcu(&gw_node->list);
batadv_gw_node_free_ref(gw_node);
@@ -505,9 +516,9 @@ void batadv_gw_node_purge(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->gw.list_lock);
- /* gw_deselect() needs to acquire the gw_list_lock */
- if (do_deselect)
- batadv_gw_deselect(bat_priv);
+ /* gw_reselect() needs to acquire the gw_list_lock */
+ if (do_reselect)
+ batadv_gw_reselect(bat_priv);
if (curr_gw)
batadv_gw_node_free_ref(curr_gw);