mac80211: implement a timer to send RANN action frames

RANN (Root Annoucement) frame TX. Send an action frame every second
trying to build a path to all nodes on the mesh.

Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com>
Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index f03a27dfd616..7483894a3960 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -1003,3 +1003,14 @@ void mesh_path_timer(unsigned long data)
 endmpathtimer:
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
+
+void
+mesh_path_tx_root_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+        struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
+
+        mesh_path_sel_frame_tx(MPATH_RANN, 0, sdata->dev->dev_addr,
+                               cpu_to_le32(++ifmsh->sn),
+                               0, NULL, 0, sdata->dev->broadcast,
+                               0, MESH_TTL, 0, 0, 0, sdata);
+}