This patch allows drivers to indicate bad FCS/PLCP CRC to the stack and
have the stack drop packets like that except for monitor interfaces.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/mac80211.h | 2 ++
net/mac80211/rx.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- wireless-dev.orig/include/net/mac80211.h 2007-08-15 15:26:31.346516958 +0200
+++ wireless-dev/include/net/mac80211.h 2007-08-15 15:27:03.766516958 +0200
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_status {
#define RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR (1<<0)
#define RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED (1<<1)
#define RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP (1<<2)
+#define RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC (1<<3)
+#define RX_FLAG_FAILED_PLCP_CRC (1<<4)
int flag;
};
--- wireless-dev.orig/net/mac80211/rx.c 2007-08-15 15:26:31.426516958 +0200
+++ wireless-dev/net/mac80211/rx.c 2007-08-15 15:27:03.766516958 +0200
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct net_device *
__le16 chan_freq;
__le16 chan_flags;
u8 antsignal;
+ __le16 rx_flags;
} __attribute__ ((packed)) *rthdr;
skb->dev = dev;
@@ -178,12 +179,21 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct net_device *
cpu_to_le32((1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS) |
(1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE) |
(1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CHANNEL) |
- (1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTSIGNAL));
+ (1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTSIGNAL) |
+ (1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RX_FLAGS));
rthdr->flags = local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS ?
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FCS : 0;
+
+ /* FIXME: when radiotap gets a 'bad PLCP' flag use it here */
+ rthdr->rx_flags = 0;
+ if (status->flag &
+ (RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC | RX_FLAG_FAILED_PLCP_CRC))
+ rthdr->rx_flags |= cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_RX_BADFCS);
+
rate = ieee80211_get_rate(local, status->phymode, status->rate);
if (rate)
rthdr->rate = rate->rate / 5;
+
rthdr->chan_freq = cpu_to_le16(status->freq);
rthdr->chan_flags =
status->phymode == MODE_IEEE80211A ?
@@ -211,6 +221,15 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_monitor(struct ieee80211_
return TXRX_QUEUED;
}
+ /*
+ * Drop frames with failed FCS/PLCP checksums here, they are only
+ * relevant for monitor mode, the rest of the stack should never
+ * see them.
+ */
+ if (rx->u.rx.status->flag &
+ (RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC | RX_FLAG_FAILED_PLCP_CRC))
+ return TXRX_DROP;
+
if (rx->u.rx.status->flag & RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP)
skb_pull(rx->skb, ieee80211_get_radiotap_len(rx->skb->data));
--
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