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Re: [PATCH v3] mac80211: Fix the generation of PREQs in proactive RANN mechanism of HWMP

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Hi Chun-Yeow,

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> According to Section Y.7.4 Actions on receipt of proactive RANN, an individually
> addressed PREQ should be generated towards the neighbor peer mesh STA indicated
> in the RANN Sender Address field in the forwarding information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/mesh.h      |    4 ++++
>  net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c |   25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.h b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
> index bd14bd2..4b0a9e8 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/mesh.h
> +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
> @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ enum mesh_deferred_task_flags {
>  * @state_lock: mesh path state lock used to protect changes to the
>  * mpath itself.  No need to take this lock when adding or removing
>  * an mpath to a hash bucket on a path table.
> + * @rann_snd_addr: the RANN sender address
> + * @is_root: the destination station of this path is a root node
>  * @is_gate: the destination station of this path is a mesh gate
>  *
>  *
> @@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ struct mesh_path {
>        u8 discovery_retries;
>        enum mesh_path_flags flags;
>        spinlock_t state_lock;
> +       u8 rann_snd_addr[ETH_ALEN];
> +       bool is_root;
>        bool is_gate;
>  };

Why not simply use mpath->dst as the root node address? Is there ever
a situation in which mpath->dst != mpath->rann_snd_addr?

>
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
> index cae4071..cc7f8af 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
> @@ -512,8 +512,9 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>                                    u8 *preq_elem, u32 metric)
>  {
>        struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
> -       struct mesh_path *mpath;
> +       struct mesh_path *mpath = NULL;
>        u8 *target_addr, *orig_addr;
> +       const u8 *da;
>        u8 target_flags, ttl;
>        u32 orig_sn, target_sn, lifetime;
>        bool reply = false;
> @@ -590,9 +591,13 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>                flags = PREQ_IE_FLAGS(preq_elem);
>                preq_id = PREQ_IE_PREQ_ID(preq_elem);
>                hopcount = PREQ_IE_HOPCOUNT(preq_elem) + 1;
> +               if (mpath && mpath->is_root)
> +                       da = mpath->rann_snd_addr;
> +               else
> +                       da = broadcast_addr;

Maybe make these a ternary conditional.

>                mesh_path_sel_frame_tx(MPATH_PREQ, flags, orig_addr,
>                                cpu_to_le32(orig_sn), target_flags, target_addr,
> -                               cpu_to_le32(target_sn), broadcast_addr,
> +                               cpu_to_le32(target_sn), da,
>                                hopcount, ttl, cpu_to_le32(lifetime),
>                                cpu_to_le32(metric), cpu_to_le32(preq_id),
>                                sdata);
> @@ -741,8 +746,8 @@ static void hwmp_rann_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>        if (memcmp(orig_addr, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
>                return;
>
> -       mhwmp_dbg("received RANN from %pM (is_gate=%d)", orig_addr,
> -                       root_is_gate);
> +       mhwmp_dbg("received RANN from %pM via neighbour %pM (is_gate=%d)",
> +                       orig_addr, mgmt->sa, root_is_gate);
>

Also, when is orig_addr != mgmt->sa?

>        rcu_read_lock();
>        mpath = mesh_path_lookup(orig_addr, sdata);
> @@ -773,6 +778,11 @@ static void hwmp_rann_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>                                       0, sdata);
>                mpath->sn = orig_sn;
>        }
> +
> +       /* Using individually addressed PREQ for root node */
> +       memcpy(mpath->rann_snd_addr, mgmt->sa, ETH_ALEN);
> +       mpath->is_root = true;
> +
>        if (root_is_gate)
>                mesh_path_add_gate(mpath);
>
> @@ -908,6 +918,7 @@ void mesh_path_start_discovery(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
>        struct mesh_preq_queue *preq_node;
>        struct mesh_path *mpath;
>        u8 ttl, target_flags;
> +       const u8 *da;
>        u32 lifetime;
>
>        spin_lock_bh(&ifmsh->mesh_preq_queue_lock);
> @@ -970,9 +981,13 @@ void mesh_path_start_discovery(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
>                target_flags = MP_F_RF;
>
>        spin_unlock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
> +       if (!mpath->is_root)
> +               da = broadcast_addr;
> +       else
> +               da = mpath->rann_snd_addr;

Ternary.

>        mesh_path_sel_frame_tx(MPATH_PREQ, 0, sdata->vif.addr,
>                        cpu_to_le32(ifmsh->sn), target_flags, mpath->dst,
> -                       cpu_to_le32(mpath->sn), broadcast_addr, 0,
> +                       cpu_to_le32(mpath->sn), da, 0,
>                        ttl, cpu_to_le32(lifetime), 0,
>                        cpu_to_le32(ifmsh->preq_id++), sdata);
>        mod_timer(&mpath->timer, jiffies + mpath->discovery_timeout);
> --
> 1.7.0.4
>

Thomas
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