Mesh nodes should respond to probe requests

It's not hard. Here's an outline of what needs to be implemented:

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index c707c8b..6b4254e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -609,6 +609,48 @@ void ieee80211_stop_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
    ieee80211_configure_filter(local);
 }

+static void ieee80211_mesh_rx_preq(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+                                       u16 stype,
+                                       struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt,
+                                       size_t len,
+                                       struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status)
+{
+     /* TODO: parse probe request, and respond with probe response if 
+        appropriate. */
+}
+
 static void ieee80211_mesh_rx_bcn_presp(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                    u16 stype,
                    struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt,
@@ -695,6 +737,10 @@ void ieee80211_mesh_rx_queued_mgmt(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        ieee80211_mesh_rx_bcn_presp(sdata, stype, mgmt, skb->len,
                        rx_status);
        break;
+       case IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ:
+               ieee80211_mesh_rx_bcn_preq(sdata, stype, mgmt, skb->len,
+                                           rx_status);
+               break;
    case IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION:
        ieee80211_mesh_rx_mgmt_action(sdata, mgmt, skb->len, rx_status);
        break;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 7a4ff02..e13fc40 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
        break;
    case cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ):
        /* process only for ibss */
-               if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
+               if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC &&
+                       sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
            return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
        break;
    default:

At least on wl12xx, the firmware will generate a probe response from the beacon template and send a probe response as necessary, but the MBSS still doesn't show up in scan results, so we'll need a separate patch for that as well.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:55 AM, jcard0na reply@reply.github.com wrote:

It's not hard. Here's an outline of what needs to be implemented:

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c index c707c8b..6b4254e 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c @@ -609,6 +609,48 @@ void ieee80211_stop_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) ieee80211_configure_filter(local); }

+static void ieee80211_mesh_rx_preq(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data _sdata, + u16 stype, + struct ieee80211_mgmt mgmt, + size_t len, + struct ieee80211_rx_status rxstatus) +{ + / TODO: parse probe request, and respond with probe response if + appropriate. _/ +} + static void ieee80211_mesh_rx_bcn_presp(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data sdata, u16 stype, struct ieee80211_mgmt mgmt, @@ -695,6 +737,10 @@ void ieee80211_mesh_rx_queued_mgmt(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data sdata, ieee80211_mesh_rx_bcn_presp(sdata, stype, mgmt, skb->len, rx_status); break; + case IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ: + ieee80211_mesh_rx_bcn_preq(sdata, stype, mgmt, skb->len, + rx_status); + break; case IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION: ieee80211_mesh_rx_mgmt_action(sdata, mgmt, skb->len, rx_status); break; diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c index 7a4ff02..e13fc40 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c break; case cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBEREQ): / process only for ibss / - if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) + if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC || + sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) return RX_DROP_MONITOR; break; default:

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