{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>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 5cefd74..c42173f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3258,6 +3258,8 @@
cur_params.dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval);
NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
cur_params.dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol);
+ NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
+ cur_params.dot11MeshForwarding);
nla_nest_end(msg, pinfoattr);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
@@ -3289,6 +3291,7 @@
[NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_ROOTMODE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
[NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+ [NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
};
static const struct nla_policy
@@ -3378,6 +3381,8 @@
dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol, mask,
NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
nla_get_u8);
+ FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, dot11MeshForwarding,
+ mask, NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING, nla_get_u8);
if (mask_out)
*mask_out = mask;