From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: postpone OGM preparation to sending time
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:54:53 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201212151654.53276.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1355513344-16066-1-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org>
On Saturday, December 15, 2012 03:29:04 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> OGMs are currently prepared 1 originator interval in advance
> then the time they are used to be sent. This means that once
> in the air they carry old information (like TT announcements
> and possibly other flags).
>
> To fix this, postpone the OGM creation to the same time of
> sending, in this way the OGM is first created and then
> immediately sent.
>
> This patch also removes a "magic" -2 operation that was
> introduced in the past to address the fact that batman-adv
> was sending "delayed OGM" plus the fact that the OGM seqno
> was increased right after having sent a new packet. Since
> this change is removing both the behaviours, the "magic"
> operation is not needed anymore.
Where is the kernel doc ? :)
Cheers,
Marek
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2012-12-14 19:29 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: postpone OGM preparation to sending time Antonio Quartulli
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