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Re: [RFC] cfg80211/mac80211: drop GTK-protected unicast IP packets

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On 03/12/2013 11:41, Nicolas Cavallari wrote:
> On 03/12/2013 10:45, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 10:44 +0100, Nicolas Cavallari wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2013 19:51, Johannes Berg wrote:
>>>> +			if (!ipv4_is_multicast(ip.hdr4.daddr))
>>>> +				return -1;
>>>
>>> So broadcasting to e.g. 192.168.255.255 is now forbidden ?
>>
>> Please, read the patch :)
> 
> I read the patch further. ipv4_is_multicast only checks if the
> address is in 224/4, so this patch makes __ieee80211_data_to_8023
> returns 0 for 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255, and returns -1 for
> everything else, including the 255.255.255.255, 192.168.255.255 and
> other limited broadcast addresses

Err, i mean directed broadcast addresses.
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