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author | Marco Porsch <marco.porsch@etit.tu-chemnitz.de> | 2012-08-08 05:58:43 (GMT) |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2012-08-13 19:28:34 (GMT) |
commit | df32381896f5f0c78a371df2e49ab7c776b1a5ba (patch) | |
tree | d0a5cd8f8a7a6bddfab28c4adc735a65c7b3e696 /net/mac80211/mesh.c | |
parent | faa97bd4a43ac69a55029e3b07708bdff0959c07 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-df32381896f5f0c78a371df2e49ab7c776b1a5ba.tar.xz |
mac80211: fix unnecessary beacon update after peering status change
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify is called everytime a peer link is established
or closed, because the accepting_plinks flag in the meshconf IE *might* have changed.
With this patch the corresponding functions return the BSS_CHANGED_BEACON flag when a beacon update is necessary.
Also it makes mesh_accept_plinks_update the common place to update the accepting_plinks flag.
mesh_accept_plinks_update is called upon plink change and also periodically from ieee80211_mesh_housekeeping.
Thus, it also picks up changes of local->num_sta.
Signed-off-by: Marco Porsch <marco.porsch@etit.tu-chemnitz.de>
Acked-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/mesh.c')
-rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/mesh.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c index 6fac18c..856dcf4 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c @@ -136,10 +136,13 @@ bool mesh_peer_accepts_plinks(struct ieee802_11_elems *ie) * mesh_accept_plinks_update - update accepting_plink in local mesh beacons * * @sdata: mesh interface in which mesh beacons are going to be updated + * + * Returns: beacon changed flag if the beacon content changed. */ -void mesh_accept_plinks_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) +u32 mesh_accept_plinks_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) { bool free_plinks; + u32 changed = 0; /* In case mesh_plink_free_count > 0 and mesh_plinktbl_capacity == 0, * the mesh interface might be able to establish plinks with peers that @@ -149,8 +152,12 @@ void mesh_accept_plinks_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) */ free_plinks = mesh_plink_availables(sdata); - if (free_plinks != sdata->u.mesh.accepting_plinks) - ieee80211_mesh_housekeeping_timer((unsigned long) sdata); + if (free_plinks != sdata->u.mesh.accepting_plinks) { + sdata->u.mesh.accepting_plinks = free_plinks; + changed = BSS_CHANGED_BEACON; + } + + return changed; } int mesh_rmc_init(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) @@ -262,7 +269,6 @@ mesh_add_meshconf_ie(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) neighbors = (neighbors > 15) ? 15 : neighbors; *pos++ = neighbors << 1; /* Mesh capability */ - ifmsh->accepting_plinks = mesh_plink_availables(sdata); *pos = MESHCONF_CAPAB_FORWARDING; *pos |= ifmsh->accepting_plinks ? MESHCONF_CAPAB_ACCEPT_PLINKS : 0x00; @@ -521,14 +527,13 @@ int ieee80211_new_mesh_header(struct ieee80211s_hdr *meshhdr, static void ieee80211_mesh_housekeeping(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh) { - bool free_plinks; + u32 changed; ieee80211_sta_expire(sdata, IEEE80211_MESH_PEER_INACTIVITY_LIMIT); mesh_path_expire(sdata); - free_plinks = mesh_plink_availables(sdata); - if (free_plinks != sdata->u.mesh.accepting_plinks) - ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON); + changed = mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata); + ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed); mod_timer(&ifmsh->housekeeping_timer, round_jiffies(jiffies + IEEE80211_MESH_HOUSEKEEPING_INTERVAL)); |