{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Add support of setting non-forwarding entity in Mesh

A mesh node that joins the mesh network is by default a forwarding entity. This patch allows
the mesh node to set as non-forwarding entity. Whenever dot11MeshForwarding is set to 0, the
mesh node can prevent itself from forwarding the traffic which is not destined to him.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 0f5ff3739820..4f98fae13307 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2104,6 +2104,9 @@ enum nl80211_mntr_flags {
  * TUs) during which a mesh STA can send only one Action frame containing a
  * PERR element.
  *
+ * @NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING: set Mesh STA as forwarding or non-forwarding
+ * or forwarding entity (default is TRUE - forwarding entity)
+ *
  * @NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh configuration attribute
  *
  * @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2128,6 +2131,7 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params {
         NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL,
         NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
         NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_PERR_MIN_INTERVAL,
+        NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
 
         /* keep last */
         __NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,