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author | Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com> | 2011-11-25 01:15:25 (GMT) |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-11-28 19:44:07 (GMT) |
commit | 0cfda8519c85eb279166fb55a8553ee66eac9b35 (patch) | |
tree | 55f917c9402c0164a76c80b4675ea173562a869f /net/mac80211/tx.c | |
parent | dca7e9430cb3e492437a5ce891b8b3e315c147ca (diff) | |
download | linux-0cfda8519c85eb279166fb55a8553ee66eac9b35.tar.xz |
mac80211: don't initiate path discovery when forwarding frame with unknown DA
We used to initiate a path discovery when receiving a frame for which
there is no forwarding information. To cut down on PREQ spam, just send
a (gated) PERR in response.
Also separate path discovery logic from nexthop querying. This patch
means we no longer queue frames when forwarding, so kill the PERR TX
stuff in discard_frame().
Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/tx.c')
-rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/tx.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index 655e3a9..c4cb4a5 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ void ieee80211_xmit(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb) if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif) && ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control) && !is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1)) - if (mesh_nexthop_lookup(skb, sdata)) { + if (mesh_nexthop_resolve(skb, sdata)) { /* skb queued: don't free */ rcu_read_unlock(); return; |