Return-path: Received: from mail-wg0-f54.google.com ([74.125.82.54]:36602 "EHLO mail-wg0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751239AbbFYBz2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:55:28 -0400 Received: by wguu7 with SMTP id u7so50091908wgu.3 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 18:55:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:55:27 +0800 Message-ID: (sfid-20150625_035531_388406_CFE119D7) Subject: RE: [PATCH] mac80211: mesh - don't special case routing to transmitter From: Yeoh Chun-Yeow To: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Updating the path to the transmitter of a path message is optional > according to section 13.10.8.4 of the standard. Doing so can lead to > better performance since we can adjust the route to the transmitter based > on the freshest possible information. However it can also cause routing > loops with more than four or five nodes. Do you have the test scenario on how routing loops happen in this case? Thanks ---- Chun-Yeow