[PATCH] mac80211: keep mesh ifaces in allmulti mode

Luis Carlos Cobo
2008-08-06T12:28:11Z

Currently a mesh node will not forward a multicast frame if it is not subscribed
to the specific multicast address. This patch addresses the issue and fixes mesh
multicast forwarding.

Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com>
---
net/mac80211/main.c | 8 +++++++-
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 0c02c47..aa5a191 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -245,10 +245,13 @@ static int ieee80211_open(struct net_device *dev)
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP:
sdata->bss = &sdata->u.ap;
break;
+ case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT:
+ /* mesh ifaces must set allmulti to forward mcast traffic */
+ atomic_inc(&local->iff_allmultis);
+ break;
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA:
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR:
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS:
- case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT:
/* no special treatment */
break;
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID:
@@ -495,6 +498,9 @@ static int ieee80211_stop(struct net_device *dev)
netif_addr_unlock_bh(local->mdev);
break;
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT:
+ /* allmulti is always set on mesh ifaces */
+ atomic_dec(&local->iff_allmultis);
+ /* fall through */
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA:
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS:
sdata->u.sta.state = IEEE80211_DISABLED;
--
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