From 5bc03b28ec24670e67c453ecb2bfbb9053b86838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:51:47 +0100 Subject: nl80211: clarify comment for mesh PLINK_BLOCKED state When a mesh link is in blocked state, it is very useful to still allow auth requests from the peer to re-establish it. When a remote node is power cycled, the peer state can easily end up in blocked state if multiple auth attempts are performed. Since this can lead to several minutes of downtime, we should accept auth attempts of the peer after it has come back. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211220105147.88625-1-nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index f1a9d6594df2..195a238a322e 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -5623,7 +5623,7 @@ enum nl80211_if_combination_attrs { * @NL80211_PLINK_ESTAB: mesh peer link is established * @NL80211_PLINK_HOLDING: mesh peer link is being closed or cancelled * @NL80211_PLINK_BLOCKED: all frames transmitted from this mesh - * plink are discarded + * plink are discarded, except for authentication frames * @NUM_NL80211_PLINK_STATES: number of peer link states * @MAX_NL80211_PLINK_STATES: highest numerical value of plink states */ -- cgit v1.2.3