mac80211: manage carrier state in mesh

Instead of assuming the carrier is on all
the time in mesh manage it with joining
and leaving the mesh.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index fc8ba83e2c33..c65a03ba809f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -539,12 +539,16 @@ static int ieee80211_do_open(struct net_device *dev, bool coming_up)
                 changed |= ieee80211_reset_erp_info(sdata);
                 ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
 
-                if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION ||
-                    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
-                    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
+                switch (sdata->vif.type) {
+                case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
+                case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
+                case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
+                case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
                         netif_carrier_off(dev);
-                else
+                        break;
+                default:
                         netif_carrier_on(dev);
+                }
 
                 /*
                  * set default queue parameters so drivers don't