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| author | Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> | 2019-03-23 05:47:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> | 2019-03-25 10:01:13 +0100 |
| commit | 32e727449c792b689c2a06a8b4cc9fef6270c5a7 (patch) | |
| tree | a34bf38d2549d686f7decdd2708b968dd297a7d0 /net/batman-adv/netlink.c | |
| parent | batman-adv: allow updating DAT entry timeouts on incoming ARP Replies (diff) | |
| download | linux-32e727449c792b689c2a06a8b4cc9fef6270c5a7.tar.xz linux-32e727449c792b689c2a06a8b4cc9fef6270c5a7.zip | |
batman-adv: Add multicast-to-unicast support for multiple targets
With this patch multicast packets with a limited number of destinations
(current default: 16) will be split and transmitted by the originator as
individual unicast transmissions.
Wifi broadcasts with their low bitrate are still a costly undertaking.
In a mesh network this cost multiplies with the overall size of the mesh
network. Therefore using multiple unicast transmissions instead of
broadcast flooding is almost always less burdensome for the mesh
network.
The maximum amount of unicast packets can be configured via the newly
introduced multicast_fanout parameter. If this limit is exceeded
distribution will fall back to classic broadcast flooding.
The multicast-to-unicast conversion is performed on the initial
multicast sender node and counts on a final destination node, mesh-wide
basis (and not next hop, neighbor node basis).
Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/batman-adv/netlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/batman-adv/netlink.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c index 8e82e656b870..daf56933223d 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = { [BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [BATADV_ATTR_LOG_LEVEL] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FORCEFLOOD_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, + [BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FANOUT] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [BATADV_ATTR_NETWORK_CODING_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [BATADV_ATTR_ORIG_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [BATADV_ATTR_ELP_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, @@ -341,6 +342,10 @@ static int batadv_netlink_mesh_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, if (nla_put_u8(msg, BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FORCEFLOOD_ENABLED, !atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_mode))) goto nla_put_failure; + + if (nla_put_u32(msg, BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FANOUT, + atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout))) + goto nla_put_failure; #endif /* CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST */ #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_NC @@ -580,6 +585,12 @@ static int batadv_netlink_set_mesh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_mode, !nla_get_u8(attr)); } + + if (info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FANOUT]) { + attr = info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FANOUT]; + + atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout, nla_get_u32(attr)); + } #endif /* CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST */ #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_NC |