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authorSimon Wunderlich <simon.wunderlich@s2003.tu-chemnitz.de>2012-01-22 20:00:19 +0100
committerAntonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>2012-04-11 14:28:58 +0200
commit23721387c409087fd3b97e274f34d3ddc0970b74 (patch)
treecf386c6f169a1b2b6e8c8ef77be5226e10046689 /net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
parenta7f6ee9493677ba40625d810258de5bd521cc1b0 (diff)
downloadlinux-23721387c409087fd3b97e274f34d3ddc0970b74.tar.bz2
batman-adv: add basic bridge loop avoidance code
This second version of the bridge loop avoidance for batman-adv avoids loops between the mesh and a backbone (usually a LAN). By connecting multiple batman-adv mesh nodes to the same ethernet segment a loop can be created when the soft-interface is bridged into that ethernet segment. A simple visualization of the loop involving the most common case - a LAN as ethernet segment: node1 <-- LAN --> node2 | | wifi <-- mesh --> wifi Packets from the LAN (e.g. ARP broadcasts) will circle forever from node1 or node2 over the mesh back into the LAN. With this patch, batman recognizes backbone gateways, nodes which are part of the mesh and backbone/LAN at the same time. Each backbone gateway "claims" clients from within the mesh to handle them exclusively. By restricting that only responsible backbone gateways may handle their claimed clients traffic, loops are effectively avoided. Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c')
-rw-r--r--net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c18
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index 377897701a85..8c4b790b98be 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include "bat_sysfs.h"
#include "originator.h"
#include "hash.h"
+#include "bridge_loop_avoidance.h"
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ out:
return hard_iface;
}
-static void primary_if_update_addr(struct bat_priv *bat_priv)
+static void primary_if_update_addr(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
+ struct hard_iface *oldif)
{
struct vis_packet *vis_packet;
struct hard_iface *primary_if;
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ static void primary_if_update_addr(struct bat_priv *bat_priv)
memcpy(vis_packet->sender_orig,
primary_if->net_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ bla_update_orig_address(bat_priv, primary_if, oldif);
out:
if (primary_if)
hardif_free_ref(primary_if);
@@ -140,14 +143,15 @@ static void primary_if_select(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
curr_hard_iface = rcu_dereference_protected(bat_priv->primary_if, 1);
rcu_assign_pointer(bat_priv->primary_if, new_hard_iface);
- if (curr_hard_iface)
- hardif_free_ref(curr_hard_iface);
-
if (!new_hard_iface)
- return;
+ goto out;
bat_priv->bat_algo_ops->bat_ogm_init_primary(new_hard_iface);
- primary_if_update_addr(bat_priv);
+ primary_if_update_addr(bat_priv, curr_hard_iface);
+
+out:
+ if (curr_hard_iface)
+ hardif_free_ref(curr_hard_iface);
}
static bool hardif_is_iface_up(const struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
@@ -531,7 +535,7 @@ static int hard_if_event(struct notifier_block *this,
goto hardif_put;
if (hard_iface == primary_if)
- primary_if_update_addr(bat_priv);
+ primary_if_update_addr(bat_priv, NULL);
break;
default:
break;