mac80211: set mesh formation field properly

Cap max peerings at 63 in accordance with IEEE-2012 8.4.2.100.7.
Triggers a beacon regeneration every time the number of peerings changes.
Previously this would only happen if the "accepting peerings" bit changed.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Minshall <jacob@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index d826e5a84af09a2c3986c8b3e33d0fc19597b86a..b0dc87a2a376e2583d2d28363a0cdd13f859536c 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static inline u16 ieee80211_sn_sub(u16 sn1, u16 sn2)
 #define IEEE80211_MAX_RTS_THRESHOLD    2353
 #define IEEE80211_MAX_AID              2007
 #define IEEE80211_MAX_TIM_LEN          251
+#define IEEE80211_MAX_MESH_PEERINGS    63
 /* Maximum size for the MA-UNITDATA primitive, 802.11 standard section
    6.2.1.1.2.
 

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index b3d1fdd463688a8a5c7de6a5df1c670b6d35ba0b..73a597bad6e021a806a6f9ee491f70fce231946e 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ int mesh_add_meshconf_ie(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        *pos++ = ifmsh->mesh_auth_id;
        /* Mesh Formation Info - number of neighbors */
        neighbors = atomic_read(&ifmsh->estab_plinks);
-       /* Number of neighbor mesh STAs or 15 whichever is smaller */
-       neighbors = (neighbors > 15) ? 15 : neighbors;
+       neighbors = min_t(int, neighbors, IEEE80211_MAX_MESH_PEERINGS);
        *pos++ = neighbors << 1;
        /* Mesh capability */
        *pos = IEEE80211_MESHCONF_CAPAB_FORWARDING;

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.h b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
index da158774eebb69eac8abf0a23472f766532cf00a..8b4d9a3e9eeeab516566028e70af246565e5a90c 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@ static inline
 u32 mesh_plink_inc_estab_count(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
        atomic_inc(&sdata->u.mesh.estab_plinks);
-       return mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata);
+       return mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata) | BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
 }
 
 static inline
 u32 mesh_plink_dec_estab_count(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
        atomic_dec(&sdata->u.mesh.estab_plinks);
-       return mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata);
+       return mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata) | BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
 }
 
 static inline int mesh_plink_free_count(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)