Search Linux Wireless

Re: [PATCH 2/3] mac80211: reset TSF to 0 when joining a mesh

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hello Thomas,

2013/12/16 Thomas Pedersen <twpedersen@xxxxxxxxx>:
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
> index 330d1f7..1174157 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
> @@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ int ieee80211_start_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
>         }
>
> +       /* next beacon will be DTIM-1, so TSF=0 was DTIM=0 */
> +       drv_set_tsf(local, sdata, 0);
>         ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
>
>         netif_carrier_on(sdata->dev);

What happen with AP interface on the same radio if we configure mesh
portal? Clients could be confused by such TSF jump.

-- 
BR,
Sergey
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Host AP]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Wireless Personal Area Network]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Kernel]     [IDE]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]

  Powered by Linux