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authorJavier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>2010-12-16 17:37:49 -0800
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-12-20 14:46:57 -0500
commitc80d545da3f7c0e534ccd4a780f322f80a92cff1 (patch)
treeedd5c51676b4677fc1a0b2fc692ffe97df863f25 /net/mac80211/tx.c
parent24bdd9f4c9af75b33b438d60381a67626de0128d (diff)
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mac80211: Let userspace enable and configure vendor specific path selection.
Userspace will now be allowed to toggle between the default path selection algorithm (HWMP, implemented in the kernel), and a vendor specific alternative. Also in the same patch, allow userspace to add information elements to mesh beacons. This is accordance with the Extensible Path Selection Framework specified in version 7.0 of the 802.11s draft. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/tx.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 157bde9..f4b1b62 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2290,7 +2290,8 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
u8 *pos;
/* headroom, head length, tail length and maximum TIM length */
- skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->tx_headroom + 400);
+ skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->tx_headroom + 400 +
+ sdata->u.mesh.vendor_ie_len);
if (!skb)
goto out;
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