From: Christopher Hill <ch6574@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: Christopher Hill <ch6574@gmail.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH wireless] wifi: mac80211: apply ap_isolate to AP_VLAN stations
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 22:52:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261107035220.50480-1-ch6574@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20E87267-920A-4FD9-9443-050AE7676E45@gmail.com>
ap_isolate is set via nl80211 SET_BSS, which is only accepted on AP and
P2P GO interfaces, so ieee80211_change_bss() stores it as
IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS on the AP sdata. AP_VLAN interfaces
never inherit it, but the intra-BSS forwarding decisions in
ieee80211_deliver_skb() and ieee80211_check_fast_rx() test the flag on
the station's own sdata, which is the AP_VLAN for stations assigned to a
VLAN (e.g. hostapd dynamic_vlan). As a result, mac80211 keeps forwarding
frames between stations of the same AP_VLAN although ap_isolate is
enabled, and client isolation is silently ineffective for them.
Store the setting in struct ieee80211_if_ap, next to
multicast_to_unicast, and read it via sdata->bss so that it applies to
the AP and all of its AP_VLAN interfaces. The now unused
IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS flag is removed, as was done for
IEEE80211_SDATA_OPERATING_GMODE in commit 39eac2de0098 ("wifi: mac80211:
move IEEE80211_SDATA_OPERATING_GMODE to link").
__ieee80211_check_fast_rx_iface() already re-evaluates the fast-rx state
of AP_VLAN stations when ap_isolate changes.
The issue was found and this change drafted with the help of an AI
coding assistant (Kiro); it was reviewed, built and tested on hardware
by the submitter.
Fixes: 7b7b5e56d7bd ("mac80211: implement ap isolation support")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20E87267-920A-4FD9-9443-050AE7676E45@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Christopher Hill <ch6574@gmail.com>
---
Tested on a Linksys E8450 (MT7622 + MT7915E, mt76), OpenWrt 25.12.6 with
mac80211 from backports 6.18.55 (patch applied with line offsets only),
hostapd dynamic_vlan=2, VLANs from wpa_psk_file, ap_isolate=1,
multicast_to_unicast=1, two stations on the same radio and VLAN:
- AP_VLAN bridge port with hairpin on: stations reach each other via the
bridge, one copy per frame (before: every multicast frame duplicated).
- hairpin off: no unicast or multicast replies between the stations
(before: replies received, i.e. isolation bypassed).
Build-tested on wireless/main (c4328134f) with W=1 (net/wireless and
net/mac80211, x86_64 defconfig + CFG80211/MAC80211=m): no new warnings;
also applies to wireless-next/main. Not tested with mac80211_hwsim.
The debugfs "flags" file no longer shows the isolation bit, as the flag
is removed. An alternative that keeps the flag would be to evaluate the
AP's flag for AP_VLAN interfaces in both rx.c places instead.
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 5 +----
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 5 +----
net/mac80211/rx.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 9608c07bce..cc9d2384d5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -3706,10 +3706,7 @@ static int ieee80211_change_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
}
if (params->ap_isolate >= 0) {
- if (params->ap_isolate)
- sdata->flags |= IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS;
- else
- sdata->flags &= ~IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS;
+ sdata->u.ap.isolate = params->ap_isolate;
ieee80211_check_fast_rx_iface(sdata);
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 1a6cbbb5a1..e74e30c070 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ struct ieee80211_if_ap {
atomic_t num_mcast_sta; /* number of stations receiving multicast */
bool multicast_to_unicast;
+ bool isolate;
bool active;
};
@@ -871,9 +872,6 @@ struct ieee80211_if_mesh {
* enum ieee80211_sub_if_data_flags - virtual interface flags
*
* @IEEE80211_SDATA_ALLMULTI: interface wants all multicast packets
- * @IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS: bridge packets between
- * associated stations and deliver multicast frames both
- * back to wireless media and to the local net stack.
* @IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_RESUME: Disconnect after resume.
* @IEEE80211_SDATA_IN_DRIVER: indicates interface was added to driver
* @IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_HW_RESTART: Disconnect after hardware restart
@@ -881,7 +879,6 @@ struct ieee80211_if_mesh {
*/
enum ieee80211_sub_if_data_flags {
IEEE80211_SDATA_ALLMULTI = BIT(0),
- IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS = BIT(3),
IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_RESUME = BIT(4),
IEEE80211_SDATA_IN_DRIVER = BIT(5),
IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_HW_RESTART = BIT(6),
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index ecee9348c7..a36d0f64c6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ ieee80211_deliver_skb(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
if ((sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) &&
- !(sdata->flags & IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS) &&
+ !(sdata->bss && sdata->bss->isolate) &&
ehdr->h_proto != rx->sdata->control_port_protocol &&
(sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN || !sdata->u.vlan.sta)) {
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ehdr->h_dest) &&
@@ -4826,7 +4826,7 @@ void ieee80211_check_fast_rx(struct sta_info *sta)
fastrx.expected_ds_bits = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FCTL_TODS);
fastrx.internal_forward =
- !(sdata->flags & IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS) &&
+ !(sdata->bss && sdata->bss->isolate) &&
(sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN ||
!sdata->u.vlan.sta);
--
2.50.1
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