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author | Linus Lüssing <ll@simonwunderlich.de> | 2020-06-17 09:30:33 +0200 |
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committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2020-07-31 09:24:23 +0200 |
commit | e3718a611470d311a92c60d4eb535270b49a7108 (patch) | |
tree | 3e5daf705d3dfd6cc2a128623e0e4dbc897d8aac /include/net/cfg80211.h | |
parent | cfg80211: allow the low level driver to flush the BSS table (diff) | |
download | linux-e3718a611470d311a92c60d4eb535270b49a7108.tar.xz linux-e3718a611470d311a92c60d4eb535270b49a7108.zip |
cfg80211/mac80211: add mesh_param "mesh_nolearn" to skip path discovery
Currently, before being able to forward a packet between two 802.11s
nodes, both a PLINK handshake is performed upon receiving a beacon and
then later a PREQ/PREP exchange for path discovery is performed on
demand upon receiving a data frame to forward.
When running a mesh protocol on top of an 802.11s interface, like
batman-adv, we do not need the multi-hop mesh routing capabilities of
802.11s and usually set mesh_fwding=0. However, even with mesh_fwding=0
the PREQ/PREP path discovery is still performed on demand. Even though
in this scenario the next hop PREQ/PREP will determine is always the
direct 11s neighbor node.
The new mesh_nolearn parameter allows to skip the PREQ/PREP exchange in
this scenario, leading to a reduced delay, reduced packet buffering and
simplifies HWMP in general.
mesh_nolearn is still rather conservative in that if the packet destination
is not a direct 11s neighbor, it will fall back to PREQ/PREP path
discovery.
For normal, multi-hop 802.11s mesh routing it is usually not advisable
to enable mesh_nolearn as a transmission to a direct but distant neighbor
might be worse than reaching that same node via a more robust /
higher throughput etc. multi-hop path.
Cc: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Cc: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <ll@simonwunderlich.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200617073034.26149-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue
[fix nl80211 policy to range 0/1 only]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/cfg80211.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index fa4d5627397f..78b220950942 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -1870,6 +1870,11 @@ struct bss_parameters { * connected to a mesh gate in mesh formation info. If false, the * value in mesh formation is determined by the presence of root paths * in the mesh path table + * @dot11MeshNolearn: Try to avoid multi-hop path discovery (e.g. PREQ/PREP + * for HWMP) if the destination is a direct neighbor. Note that this might + * not be the optimal decision as a multi-hop route might be better. So + * if using this setting you will likely also want to disable + * dot11MeshForwarding and use another mesh routing protocol on top. */ struct mesh_config { u16 dot11MeshRetryTimeout; @@ -1901,6 +1906,7 @@ struct mesh_config { enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode power_mode; u16 dot11MeshAwakeWindowDuration; u32 plink_timeout; + bool dot11MeshNolearn; }; /** |