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authorSathishkumar Muruganandam <murugana@codeaurora.org>2018-08-28 15:21:38 +0300
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2018-08-29 10:25:17 +0300
commit1ecef20cf12865729c86b0e428584635c77159ba (patch)
treea36a88bd45fc67037d1796d9236bb4f564cee9f8 /net/mac80211
parent9cf0a0b4b64ae103cf0e7dfaa72b44ecda24c0eb (diff)
downloadlinux-1ecef20cf12865729c86b0e428584635c77159ba.tar.xz
mac80211: add missing WFA Multi-AP backhaul STA Rx requirement
The current mac80211 WDS (4-address mode) can be used to cover most of the Multi-AP requirements for Data frames per the WFA Multi-AP Specification v1.0. When configuring AP/STA interfaces in 4-address mode, they are able to function as fronthaul AP/backhaul STA of Multi-AP device complying below Tx, Rx requirements except one missing STA Rx requirement added by this patch. Multi-AP specification section 14.1 describes the following requirements: Transmitter requirements ------------------------ 1. Fronthaul AP i) When DA!=RA of backhaul STA, must use 4-address format ii) When DA==RA of backhaul STA, shall use either 3-address or 4-address format with RA updated with STA MAC (mac80211 support 4-address format via AP/VLAN interface) 2. Backhaul STA i) When SA!=TA of backhaul STA, must use 4-address format ii) When SA==TA of backhaul STA, shall use either 3-address or 4-address format with RA updated with AP MAC (mac80211 support 4-address format via use_4addr) Receiver requirements --------------------- 1. Fronthaul AP i) When SA!=TA of backhaul STA, must support receiving 4-address format frames ii) When SA==TA of backhaul STA, must support receiving both 3-address and 4-address format frames (mac80211 support both 3-addr & 4-addr via AP/VLAN interface) 2. Backhaul STA i) When DA!=RA of backhaul STA, must support receiving 4-address format frames ii) When DA==RA of backhaul STA, must support receiving both 3-address and 4-address format frames (mac80211 support only receiving 4-address format via use_4addr) This patch addresses the above Rx requirement (ii) for backhaul STA to receive unicast (DA==RA) 3-address frames in addition to 4-address frames. The current design doesn't accept 3-address frames when configured in 4-address mode (use_4addr). Hence add a check to allow 3-address frames when DA==RA of backhaul STA (adhering to Table 9-26 of IEEE Std 802.11™-2016). This case was tested with a bridged station interface when associated with a non-mac80211 based vendor AP implementation using 3-address frames for WDS. STA was able to support the Multi-AP Rx requirement when DA==RA. No issues, no loops seen when tested with mac80211 based AP as well. Verified and confirmed all other Tx and Rx requirements of AP and STA for Multi-AP respectively. They all work using the current mac80211-WDS design. Signed-off-by: Sathishkumar Muruganandam <murugana@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/rx.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 64742f2765c4..134bbbc9cd6e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ __ieee80211_data_to_8023(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx, bool *port_control)
if (!sdata->u.mgd.use_4addr)
return -1;
- else
+ else if (!ether_addr_equal(hdr->addr1, sdata->vif.addr))
check_port_control = true;
}