{nl,cfg,mac}80211: let userspace make meshif mesh gate

Allow userspace to set NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS attribute,
which will advertise this mesh node as being a mesh gate.
NL80211_HWMP_ROOTMODE must be set or this will do nothing.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index ae3de755fada..fd4f76a3e139 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -1045,8 +1045,11 @@ mesh_path_tx_root_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
         struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
         u32 interval = ifmsh->mshcfg.dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval;
+        u8 flags;
 
-        mesh_path_sel_frame_tx(MPATH_RANN, 0, sdata->vif.addr,
+        flags = (ifmsh->mshcfg.dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol)
+                        ? RANN_FLAG_IS_GATE : 0;
+        mesh_path_sel_frame_tx(MPATH_RANN, flags, sdata->vif.addr,
                                cpu_to_le32(++ifmsh->sn),
                                0, NULL, 0, broadcast_addr,
                                0, sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.element_ttl,