mac80211: only respond to probe request with mesh ID

Previously, the mesh STA responds to probe request from legacy STA
but now it will only respond to legacy STA if the legacy STA does include
the specific mesh ID or wildcard mesh ID in the probe request.

The iw patch "iw: scan using meshid" can be used either by legacy STA
or by mesh STA to do active scanning by inserting the mesh ID in the
probe request frame.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Thomas Pedersen <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Javier Cardona <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
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Chun-Yeow Yeoh 2013-08-22 10:28:58 -07:00 • committed by Johannes Berg
commit a4ef66a915

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@ -832,6 +832,9 @@ ieee80211_mesh_rx_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ieee802_11_parse_elems(pos, len - baselen, false, &elems);
if (!elems.mesh_id)
return;
/* 802.11-2012 10.1.4.3.2 */
if ((!ether_addr_equal(mgmt->da, sdata->vif.addr) &&
!is_broadcast_ether_addr(mgmt->da)) ||