Staging: batman-adv: softif bridge loop avoidance
By connecting multiple batman-adv mesh nodes to the same ethernet segment a loop can be created when the soft-interface is bridged into that ethernet segment. A simple visualization of the loop involving the most common case - a LAN as ethernet segment: node1 <-- LAN --> node2 | | wifi <-- mesh --> wifi Packets from the LAN (e.g. ARP broadcasts) will circle forever from node1 or node2 over the mesh back into the LAN. This patch adds the functionality to detect other batman-adv nodes connected to the LAN and select a 'gateway' to talk to the non-batman-adv devices on this LAN. All traffic from and to the mesh will be handled by this gateway to avoid the loop. OGMs received via the soft-interface are interpreted as 'port announcements' to locate potential batman-adv nodes. The patch can also deal with vlans on top of batX and offers a list of LAN neighbors via debugfs. Signed-off-by: NMarek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> [sven.eckelmann@gmx.de: Rework on top of current version] Signed-off-by: NSven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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