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nl80211: does not allow NEW_STATION and DEL_STATION for mesh

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As discussed in linux-wireless mailing list, adding and removing
stations for mesh topologies is not necessary. Since doing it triggers
bugs, the sugestion was to simply disable it.

Tested using a custom iw command "station new". Works only after using
hostapd. "station del" command also works.

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: Simon Raffeiner <sturmflut@lieberbiber.de>
Cc: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com>
Cc: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo 2010-02-12 12:34:50 -02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 2f5265e6e7
commit 0e956c132f
1 changed files with 13 additions and 36 deletions
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net/wireless/nl80211.c
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@ -2010,6 +2010,9 @@ static int nl80211_new_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_SUPPORTED_RATES])
return -EINVAL;
if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_AID])
return -EINVAL;
mac_addr = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]);
params.supported_rates =
nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_SUPPORTED_RATES]);
@ -2018,11 +2021,9 @@ static int nl80211_new_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
params.listen_interval =
nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_LISTEN_INTERVAL]);
if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_AID]) {
params.aid = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_AID]);
if (!params.aid || params.aid > IEEE80211_MAX_AID)
return -EINVAL;
}
params.aid = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_AID]);
if (!params.aid || params.aid > IEEE80211_MAX_AID)
return -EINVAL;
if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY])
params.ht_capa =
@ -2037,6 +2038,12 @@ static int nl80211_new_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (err)
goto out_rtnl;
if (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) {
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
err = get_vlan(info, rdev, &params.vlan);
if (err)
goto out;
@ -2044,35 +2051,6 @@ static int nl80211_new_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
/* validate settings */
err = 0;
switch (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype) {
case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
/* all ok but must have AID */
if (!params.aid)
err = -EINVAL;
break;
case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
/* disallow things mesh doesn't support */
if (params.vlan)
err = -EINVAL;
if (params.aid)
err = -EINVAL;
if (params.ht_capa)
err = -EINVAL;
if (params.listen_interval >= 0)
err = -EINVAL;
if (params.supported_rates)
err = -EINVAL;
if (params.sta_flags_mask)
err = -EINVAL;
break;
default:
err = -EINVAL;
}
if (err)
goto out;
if (!rdev->ops->add_station) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto out;
@ -2113,8 +2091,7 @@ static int nl80211_del_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto out_rtnl;
if (dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) {
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}