[IrDA]: Monitor mode.

Through the IrDA netlink set mode command, we switch to IrDA monitor
mode, where one IrLAP instance receives all the packets on the media,
without ever responding to them.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/irda.h b/include/linux/irda.h
index 35911bd4dbe8..8e3735714c1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/irda.h
+++ b/include/linux/irda.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 /* IrDA modes */
 #define IRDA_MODE_PRIMARY   0x1
 #define IRDA_MODE_SECONDARY 0x2
+#define IRDA_MODE_MONITOR   0x4
 
 #endif /* KERNEL_IRDA_H */
 
diff --git a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
index 3013c49ab975..25a3444a9234 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ void irlap_queue_xmit(struct irlap_cb *self, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
         irlap_insert_info(self, skb);
 
+        if (unlikely(self->mode & IRDA_MODE_MONITOR)) {
+                IRDA_DEBUG(3, "%s(): %s is in monitor mode\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                           self->netdev->name);
+                dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+                return;
+        }
+
         dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 }