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authorJavier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>2011-04-08 00:08:28 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-04-12 22:57:37 +0200
commit15d5dda623139bbf6165030fc251bbd5798f4130 (patch)
tree3adb84ef7d65fd274008d950ad99434e1a3a28a7 /net/wireless/mesh.c
parentnl80211: rename NL80211_MESH_SETUP_VENDOR_PATH_SEL_IE (diff)
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cfg80211/nl80211: Add userspace authentication flag to mesh setup
During mesh setup, use NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag to create a secure mesh and route management frames to userspace. Also, NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY now returns a flag NL80211_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH if the wiphy's mesh implementation supports routing of mesh auth frames to userspace. This is useful for forward compatibility between old kernels and new userspace tools. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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diff --git a/net/wireless/mesh.c b/net/wireless/mesh.c
index 0d4b2260f96f..0e5c122ce324 100644
--- a/net/wireless/mesh.c
+++ b/net/wireless/mesh.c
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ int __cfg80211_join_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
if (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ if (!(rdev->wiphy.flags & WIPHY_FLAG_MESH_AUTH) &&
+ setup->is_secure)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (wdev->mesh_id_len)
return -EALREADY;