Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:53147 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750871Ab2FRL62 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:58:28 -0400 Message-ID: <1340020705.4615.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20120618_135832_175232_AADCB263) Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix and improve mesh RANN processing From: Johannes Berg To: Chun-Yeow Yeoh Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com, devel@lists.open80211s.org Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:58:25 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1339726802-14441-1-git-send-email-yeohchunyeow@gmail.com> (sfid-20120615_042127_079590_BFAD68AA) References: <1339726802-14441-1-git-send-email-yeohchunyeow@gmail.com> (sfid-20120615_042127_079590_BFAD68AA) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 10:20 +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh wrote: > This patch fixes the problem of dropping RANN element if the TTL > is 1. If the received RANN element TTL is 1 or greater than 1, the > RANN is processed. However, forwarding of received RANN element > with TTL 1 or less is prohibited according to the standard. This > is previously reported by Monthadar Al Jaberi. > > Besides, this patch also avoid the processing of unicast PREQ > generation if the RANN element does not meet the acceptance > criteria mentioned in Sec. 13.10.12.4.2 of IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. > > Reported-by: Monthadar Al Jaberi > Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh Applied. johannes