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2016-02-29batman-adv: keep track of when unicast packets are sentAntonio Quartulli
To enable ELP to send probing packets over wireless links only if needed, batman-adv must keep track of the last time it sent a unicast packet towards every neighbour. For this purpose a 2 main changes are introduced: 1) a new member of the elp_neigh_node structure stores the last time a unicast packet was sent towards this neighbour; 2) a wrapper function for sending unicast packets is implemented. This function will simply update the member describe din point 1) and then forward the packet to the real sending routine. Point 2) implies that any code-path leading to a unicast sending now has to use the new wrapper. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2016-02-02batman-adv: update copyright years for 2016Sven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-02batman-adv: Fix kerneldoc parsing of return descriptionSven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2015-08-25batman-adv: Remove batadv_ types forward declarationsSven Eckelmann
main.h is included in every file and is the only way to access types.h. This makes forward declarations for all types defined in types.h unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2015-08-25batman-adv: Replace C99 int types with kernel typeSven Eckelmann
(s|u)(8|16|32|64) are the preferred types in the kernel. The use of the standard C99 types u?int(8|16|32|64)_t are objected by some people and even checkpatch now warns about using them. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2015-06-07batman-adv: Add required includes to all filesSven Eckelmann
The header files could not be build indepdent from each other. This is happened because headers didn't include the files for things they've used. This was problematic because the success of a build depended on the knowledge about the right order of local includes. Also source files were not including everything they've used explicitly. Instead they required that transitive includes are always stable. This is problematic because some transitive includes are not obvious, depend on config settings and may not be stable in the future. The order for include blocks are: * primary headers (main.h and the *.h file of a *.c file) * global linux headers * required local headers * extra forward declarations for pointers in function/struct declarations The only exceptions are linux/bitops.h and linux/if_ether.h in packet.h. This header file is shared with userspace applications like batctl and must therefore build together with userspace applications. The header linux/bitops.h is not part of the uapi headers and linux/if_ether.h conflicts with the musl implementation of netinet/if_ether.h. The maintainers rejected the use of __KERNEL__ preprocessor checks and thus these two headers are only in main.h. All files using packet.h first have to include main.h to work correctly. Reported-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2015-05-29batman-adv: update copyright years for 2015Sven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2014-03-22batman-adv: Modified forwarding behaviour for multicast packetsLinus Lüssing
With this patch a multicast packet is not always simply flooded anymore, the behaviour for the following cases is changed to reduce unnecessary overhead: If all nodes within the horizon of a certain node have signalized multicast listener announcement capability then an IPv6 multicast packet with a destination of IPv6 link-local scope (excluding ff02::1) coming from the upstream of this node... * ...is dropped if there is no according multicast listener in the translation table, * ...is forwarded via unicast if there is a single node with interested multicast listeners * ...and otherwise still gets flooded. Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2014-03-22batman-adv: add kerneldoc for dst_hint argumentAntonio Quartulli
Some helper functions used along the TX path have now a new "dst_hint" argument but the kerneldoc was missing. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2014-01-12batman-adv: update copyright years for 2014Simon Wunderlich
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2014-01-08batman-adv: send every DHCP packet as bat-unicastAntonio Quartulli
In different situations it is possible that the DHCP server or client uses broadcast Ethernet frames to send messages to each other. The GW component in batman-adv takes care of using bat-unicast packets to bring broadcast DHCP Discover/Requests to the "best" server. On the way back the DHCP server usually sends unicasts, but upon client request it may decide to use broadcasts as well. This patch improves the GW component so that it now snoops and sends as unicast all the DHCP packets, no matter if they were generated by a DHCP server or client. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2014-01-08batman-adv: remove FSF address from GPL disclaimerAntonio Quartulli
As suggested by checkpatch, remove all the references to the FSF address since the kernel already has one reference in its documentation. In this way it is easier to update it in case of future changes. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2013-10-19batman-adv: refine API calls for unicast transmissions of SKBsLinus Lüssing
With this patch the functions batadv_send_skb_unicast() and batadv_send_skb_unicast_4addr() are further refined into batadv_send_skb_via_tt(), batadv_send_skb_via_tt_4addr() and batadv_send_skb_via_gw(). This way we avoid any "guessing" about where to send a packet in the unicast forwarding methods and let the callers decide. This is going to be useful for the upcoming multicast related patches in particular. Further, the return values were polished a little to use the more appropriate NET_XMIT_* defines. Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de> Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2013-10-19batman-adv: add the VLAN ID attribute to the TT entryAntonio Quartulli
To make the translation table code VLAN-aware, each entry must carry the VLAN ID which it belongs to. This patch adds such attribute to the related TT structures. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-10-12batman-adv: Remove old fragmentation codeMartin Hundebøll
Remove the existing fragmentation code before adding the new version and delete unicast.{h,c}. batadv_unicast_send_skb() is moved to send.c and renamed to batadv_send_skb_unicast(). fragmentation entry in sysfs (bat_priv->fragmentation) is kept for use in the new fragmentation code. BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet type is renamed to BATADV_FRAG for use in the new fragmentation code. Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2013-05-29batman-adv: Move call to batadv_nc_skb_forward() from routing.c to send.cMartin Hundebøll
The call to batadv_nc_skb_forward() fits better in batadv_send_skb_to_orig(), as this is where the actual next hop is looked up. To let the caller of batadv_send_skb_to_orig() know wether the skb is transmitted, buffered or failed, the return value is changed from boolean to int. Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2013-01-19batman-adv: update copyright yearsAntonio Quartulli
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2012-11-21batman-adv: Add wrapper to look up neighbor and send skbMartin Hundebøll
By adding batadv_send_skb_to_orig() in send.c, we can remove duplicate code that looks up the next hop and then calls batadv_send_skb_packet(). Furthermore, this prepares the upcoming new implementation of fragmentation, which requires the next hop to route packets. Please note that this doesn't entirely remove the next-hop lookup in routing.c and unicast.c, since it is used by the current fragmentation code. Also note that the next-hop info is removed from debug messages in translation-table.c, since it is looked up elsewhere. Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-07-01batman-adv: Prefix types structs with batadv_Sven Eckelmann
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20batman-adv: Reformat multiline comments to consistent styleSven Eckelmann
batman-adv doesn't follow the style for multiline comments that David S. Miller prefers. All comments should be reformatted to follow this consistent style to make the code slightly more readable. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20batman-adv: Prefix send non-static functions with batadv_Sven Eckelmann
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids such a problem. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-02-17batman-adv: Update copyright yearsSven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-09-08batman-adv: agglomerate all batman iv ogm sending functions in the batman iv ↵Marek Lindner
file In the process the batman iv OGM aggregation code could be merged into the batman iv code base which makes the separate aggregation files superfluous. Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-09-08batman-adv: rename all instances of batman_packet to batman_ogm_packetMarek Lindner
The follow-up routing code changes are going to introduce additional routing packet types which make this distinction necessary. Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-07-05batman-adv: add_bcast_packet_to_list() takes the sending delay as parameterAntonio Quartulli
In order to make possible to use the broadcast list for delayed sendings the "delay" parameter is now provided instead of using 1 as hardcoded value. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-06-20batman-adv: improved client announcement mechanismAntonio Quartulli
The client announcement mechanism informs every mesh node in the network of any connected non-mesh client, in order to find the path towards that client from any given point in the mesh. The old implementation was based on the simple idea of appending a data buffer to each OGM containing all the client MAC addresses the node is serving. All other nodes can populate their global translation tables (table which links client MAC addresses to node addresses) using this MAC address buffer and linking it to the node's address contained in the OGM. A node that wants to contact a client has to lookup the node the client is connected to and its address in the global translation table. It is easy to understand that this implementation suffers from several issues: - big overhead (each and every OGM contains the entire list of connected clients) - high latencies for client route updates due to long OGM trip time and OGM losses The new implementation addresses these issues by appending client changes (new client joined or a client left) to the OGM instead of filling it with all the client addresses each time. In this way nodes can modify their global tables by means of "updates", thus reducing the overhead within the OGMs. To keep the entire network in sync each node maintains a translation table version number (ttvn) and a translation table checksum. These values are spread with the OGM to allow all the network participants to determine whether or not they need to update their translation table information. When a translation table lookup is performed in order to send a packet to a client attached to another node, the destination's ttvn is added to the payload packet. Forwarding nodes can compare the packet's ttvn with their destination's ttvn (this node could have a fresher information than the source) and re-route the packet if necessary. This greatly reduces the packet loss of clients roaming from one AP to the next. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-06-20batman-adv: Reduce usage of charSven Eckelmann
char was used in different places to store information without really using the characteristics of that data type or by ignoring the fact that char has not a well defined signedness. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-05-30batman-adv: Add const type qualifier for pointersSven Eckelmann
batman-adv uses pointers which are marked as const and should not violate that type qualifier by passing it to functions which force a cast to the non-const version. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-05-08batman-adv: rename everything from *hna* into *tt* (translation table)Antonio Quartulli
To be coherent, all the functions/variables/constants have been renamed to the TranslationTable style Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-03-05batman-adv: rename batman_if struct to hard_ifaceMarek Lindner
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-02-11batman-adv: Remove duplicate types.h inclusionsLinus Lüssing
types.h is included by main.h, which is included at the beginning of any other c-file anyway. Therefore this commit removes those duplicate inclussions. Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@ascom.ch> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-01-31batman-adv: Update copyright yearsSven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2010-12-16net: Add batman-adv meshing protocolSven Eckelmann
B.A.T.M.A.N. (better approach to mobile ad-hoc networking) is a routing protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks. The networks may be wired or wireless. See http://www.open-mesh.org/ for more information and user space tools. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>