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* batman-adv: agglomerate all batman iv ogm sending functions in the batman iv ↵Marek Lindner2011-09-081-266/+0
| | | | | | | | | | 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>
* batman-adv: agglomerate all batman iv ogm processing functions in a single fileMarek Lindner2011-09-081-31/+0
| | | | | | | In preparation of the upcoming improved routing algorithm the code based has to be re-organized to allow choosing the routing algorithm at compile time. Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
* batman-adv: rename all instances of batman_packet to batman_ogm_packetMarek Lindner2011-09-081-22/+26
| | | | | | | 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>
* batman-adv: aggregation checks should use the primary_if pointerMarek Lindner2011-07-051-5/+20
| | | | | | | | | | | The packet aggregation needs to ensure that only compatible packets are aggregated. Some of the checks are based on the interface number while assuming that the first interface also is the primary interface which is not always the case. This patch addresses the issue by using the primary_if pointer. Reported-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
* batman-adv: improved client announcement mechanismAntonio Quartulli2011-06-201-13/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* batman-adv: Reduce usage of charSven Eckelmann2011-06-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | 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>
* batman-adv: use NO_FLAGS define instead of hard-coding 0Marek Lindner2011-06-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | The definition NO_FLAGS was introduced to make the code more readable and shall be used to initialize flag fields. Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
* batman-adv: Calculate sizeof using variable insead of typesSven Eckelmann2011-05-301-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Documentation/CodingStyle recommends to use the form p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), ...); to calculate the size of a struct and not the version where the struct name is spelled out to prevent bugs when the type of p changes. This also seems appropriate for manipulation of buffers when they are directly associated with p. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
* batman-adv: Add const type qualifier for pointersSven Eckelmann2011-05-301-10/+11
| | | | | | | | 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>
* batman-adv: Add missing hardif_free_ref in forw_packet_freeSven Eckelmann2011-05-151-3/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | add_bcast_packet_to_list increases the refcount for if_incoming but the reference count is never decreased. The reference count must be increased for all kinds of forwarded packets which have the primary interface stored and forw_packet_free must decrease them. Also purge_outstanding_packets has to invoke forw_packet_free when a work item was really cancelled. This regression was introduced in 32ae9b221e788413ce68feaae2ca39e406211a0a. Reported-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
* batman-adv: rename everything from *hna* into *tt* (translation table)Antonio Quartulli2011-05-081-8/+8
| | | | | | | | 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>
* batman-adv: Move definition of atomic_dec_not_zero() into main.hAntonio Quartulli2011-05-011-1/+0
| | | | | | | | atomic_dec_not_zero() is very useful and it is currently defined multiple times. So it is possible to move it in main.h Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
* batman-adv: rename batman_if struct to hard_ifaceMarek Lindner2011-03-051-4/+4
| | | | Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
* batman-adv: Update copyright yearsSven Eckelmann2011-01-311-1/+1
| | | | Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
* net: Add batman-adv meshing protocolSven Eckelmann2010-12-161-0/+273
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>
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