Mesh beacons no longer use all-zeroes BSSID. Beacon frames for MBSS,
infrastructure BSS, or IBSS are differentiated by the Capability
Information field in the Beacon frame. A mesh STA sets the ESS and IBSS
subfields to 0 in transmitted Beacon or Probe Response management
frames.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <jav...@cozybit.com>
---
include/linux/ieee80211.h | 5 +++++
net/wireless/scan.c | 14 +++++++-------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index a26dcb8..b2eee58 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -1002,6 +1002,11 @@ struct ieee80211_ht_info {
#define WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS (1<<0)
#define WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS (1<<1)
+
+/* A mesh STA sets the ESS and IBSS capability bits to zero */
+#define WLAN_CAPABILITY_IS_MBSS(cap) \
+ (!((cap) & (WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS | WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS)))
+
#define WLAN_CAPABILITY_CF_POLLABLE (1<<2)
#define WLAN_CAPABILITY_CF_POLL_REQUEST (1<<3)
#define WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY (1<<4)
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index fbf6f33..62e542a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static bool is_mesh(struct cfg80211_bss *a,
{
const u8 *ie;
- if (!is_zero_ether_addr(a->bssid))
+ if (!WLAN_CAPABILITY_IS_MBSS(a->capability))
return false;
ie = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID,
@@ -248,11 +248,7 @@ static int cmp_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *a,
if (a->channel != b->channel)
return b->channel->center_freq - a->channel->center_freq;
- r = memcmp(a->bssid, b->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
- if (r)
- return r;
-
- if (is_zero_ether_addr(a->bssid)) {
+ if (WLAN_CAPABILITY_IS_MBSS(a->capability | b->capability)) {
r = cmp_ies(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID,
a->information_elements,
a->len_information_elements,
@@ -267,6 +263,10 @@ static int cmp_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *a,
b->len_information_elements);
}
+ r = memcmp(a->bssid, b->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
+ if (r)
+ return r;
+
return cmp_ies(WLAN_EID_SSID,
a->information_elements,
a->len_information_elements,
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
res->ts = jiffies;
- if (is_zero_ether_addr(res->pub.bssid)) {
+ if (WLAN_CAPABILITY_IS_MBSS(res->pub.capability)) {
/* must be mesh, verify */
meshid = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID,
res->pub.information_elements,
--
1.7.1
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