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authorJoel A Fernandes <agnel.joel@gmail.com>2011-01-10 07:44:23 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-01-19 17:36:07 +0100
commit9d52501b421450ddd9e000c9788ac3be0e44ef1c (patch)
treee0a1c5a7b9fc179a5fd4822e4a7dff954084e56a /net
parentath9k_hw: Offload USB eeprom reading to target (diff)
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mac80211: Rewrote code for checking if destinations are proxied.
Rewrote code for checking if the destination is proxied by a mesh portal, to facilitate better understanding of the functionality. Signed-off-by: Joel A Fernandes <agnel.joel@gmail.com> Acked-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 5950e3abead9..dc261bbba522 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1815,19 +1815,19 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
mppath = mpp_path_lookup(skb->data, sdata);
/*
- * Do not use address extension, if it is a packet from
- * the same interface and the destination is not being
- * proxied by any other mest point.
+ * Use address extension if it is a packet from
+ * another interface or if we know the destination
+ * is being proxied by a portal (i.e. portal address
+ * differs from proxied address)
*/
if (compare_ether_addr(sdata->vif.addr,
skb->data + ETH_ALEN) == 0 &&
- (!mppath || !compare_ether_addr(mppath->mpp, skb->data))) {
+ !(mppath && compare_ether_addr(mppath->mpp, skb->data))) {
hdrlen = ieee80211_fill_mesh_addresses(&hdr, &fc,
skb->data, skb->data + ETH_ALEN);
meshhdrlen = ieee80211_new_mesh_header(&mesh_hdr,
sdata, NULL, NULL);
} else {
- /* packet from other interface */
int is_mesh_mcast = 1;
const u8 *mesh_da;