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Sasha Levin b67bfe0d42 hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators
I'm not sure why, but the hlist for each entry iterators were conceived

        list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)

The hlist ones were greedy and wanted an extra parameter:

        hlist_for_each_entry(tpos, pos, head, member)

Why did they need an extra pos parameter? I'm not quite sure. Not only
they don't really need it, it also prevents the iterator from looking
exactly like the list iterator, which is unfortunate.

Besides the semantic patch, there was some manual work required:

 - Fix up the actual hlist iterators in linux/list.h
 - Fix up the declaration of other iterators based on the hlist ones.
 - A very small amount of places were using the 'node' parameter, this
 was modified to use 'obj->member' instead.
 - Coccinelle didn't handle the hlist_for_each_entry_safe iterator
 properly, so those had to be fixed up manually.

The semantic patch which is mostly the work of Peter Senna Tschudin is here:

@@
iterator name hlist_for_each_entry, hlist_for_each_entry_continue, hlist_for_each_entry_from, hlist_for_each_entry_rcu, hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh, hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu_bh, for_each_busy_worker, ax25_uid_for_each, ax25_for_each, inet_bind_bucket_for_each, sctp_for_each_hentry, sk_for_each, sk_for_each_rcu, sk_for_each_from, sk_for_each_safe, sk_for_each_bound, hlist_for_each_entry_safe, hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu, nr_neigh_for_each, nr_neigh_for_each_safe, nr_node_for_each, nr_node_for_each_safe, for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp, for_each_gfn_sp, for_each_host;

type T;
expression a,c,d,e;
identifier b;
statement S;
@@

-T b;
    <+... when != b
(
hlist_for_each_entry(a,
- b,
c, d) S
|
hlist_for_each_entry_continue(a,
- b,
c) S
|
hlist_for_each_entry_from(a,
- b,
c) S
|
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(a,
- b,
c, d) S
|
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh(a,
- b,
c, d) S
|
hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu_bh(a,
- b,
c) S
|
for_each_busy_worker(a, c,
- b,
d) S
|
ax25_uid_for_each(a,
- b,
c) S
|
ax25_for_each(a,
- b,
c) S
|
inet_bind_bucket_for_each(a,
- b,
c) S
|
sctp_for_each_hentry(a,
- b,
c) S
|
sk_for_each(a,
- b,
c) S
|
sk_for_each_rcu(a,
- b,
c) S
|
sk_for_each_from
-(a, b)
+(a)
S
+ sk_for_each_from(a) S
|
sk_for_each_safe(a,
- b,
c, d) S
|
sk_for_each_bound(a,
- b,
c) S
|
hlist_for_each_entry_safe(a,
- b,
c, d, e) S
|
hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(a,
- b,
c) S
|
nr_neigh_for_each(a,
- b,
c) S
|
nr_neigh_for_each_safe(a,
- b,
c, d) S
|
nr_node_for_each(a,
- b,
c) S
|
nr_node_for_each_safe(a,
- b,
c, d) S
|
- for_each_gfn_sp(a, c, d, b) S
+ for_each_gfn_sp(a, c, d) S
|
- for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp(a, c, d, b) S
+ for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp(a, c, d) S
|
for_each_host(a,
- b,
c) S
|
for_each_host_safe(a,
- b,
c, d) S
|
for_each_mesh_entry(a,
- b,
c, d) S
)
    ...+>

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: drop bogus change from net/ipv4/raw.c]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: drop bogus hunk from net/ipv6/raw.c]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: checkpatch fixes]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warnings]
[akpm@linux-foudnation.org: redo intrusive kvm changes]
Tested-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
Antonio Quartulli 0b87393146 batman-adv: update copyright years
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-01-19 21:18:12 +08:00
Antonio Quartulli 7241444209 batman-adv: a delayed_work has to be initialised once
A delayed_work struct does not need to be initialized each
every time before being enqueued. Therefore the
INIT_DELAYED_WORK() macro should be used during the
initialization process only.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-01-19 21:18:09 +08:00
Antonio Quartulli 46d160ef88 batman-adv: remove useless blank lines before and after brackets
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-01-12 20:58:21 +10:00
Antonio Quartulli dec05074b1 batman-adv: Initialize lockdep class keys for hashes
Different hashes have the same class key because they get
initialised with the same one. For this reason lockdep can create
false warning when they are used recursively.

Re-initialise the key for each hash after the invocation to hash_new()
to avoid this problem.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Tested-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2013-01-12 20:58:21 +10:00
Antonio Quartulli 7c1fd91da5 batman-adv: substitute tt_poss_change with a per-tt_entry flag
tt_poss_change is a node-wide flag which tells whether the node is in a roaming
state (a client recently moved to/away from it) in order to let it apply special
re-routing rules. However this flag does not give a clear idea of the current
state because it is not possible to understand *which client* is actually
involved in the roaming. For this reason a better approach has been chosen:
instead of using a node-wide variable, the roaming state is now given by a
per-tt_entry ROAM flag which, in case of packet coming through the node, tells
the node whether the real destination is in roaming state or not.

With this flag change, batadv_check_unicast_ttvn() has also been rearranged in
order to better fit the new re-routing logic and to be much more readable.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-11-14 21:00:35 +01:00
Antonio Quartulli 785ea11441 batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - create DHT helper functions
Add all the relevant functions in order to manage a Distributed Hash Table over
the B.A.T.M.A.N.-adv network. It will later be used to store several ARP entries
and implement DAT (Distributed ARP Table)

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-11-07 20:00:19 +01:00
Marek Lindner 30da63a6af batman-adv: consolidate duplicated primary_if checking code
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-10-29 09:42:29 +01:00
Sven Eckelmann 0aca2369b1 batman-adv: Fix alignment after opened parentheses
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-07-01 22:47:23 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 56303d34a3 batman-adv: Prefix types structs with batadv_
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-01 22:47:21 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 5bf74e9ca1 batman-adv: Prefix hash struct and typedef with batadv_
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-01 22:47:20 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 39c75a51ed batman-adv: Prefix main enum with BATADV_
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-01 22:47:19 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann e9a4f295eb batman-adv: Prefix hard-interface enum with BATADV_
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-07-01 22:47:18 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 42d0b044b7 batman-adv: Prefix main defines with BATADV_
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-28 08:45:05 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 4d5d2db8d5 batman-adv: Prefix unicast defines with BATADV_
Reported-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-28 08:45:02 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 03fc7f863d batman-adv: Prefix originator local static functions with batadv_
All non-static symbols of batman-adv were prefixed with batadv_ to avoid
collisions with other symbols of the kernel. Other symbols of batman-adv
should use the same prefix to keep the naming scheme consistent.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-25 08:21:44 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 1eda58bfc5 batman-adv: Prefix main static inline functions with batadv_
All non-static symbols of batman-adv were prefixed with batadv_ to avoid
collisions with other symbols of the kernel. Other symbols of batman-adv
should use the same prefix to keep the naming scheme consistent.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-25 08:21:30 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann da641193dd batman-adv: Prefix originator static inline functions with batadv_
All non-static symbols of batman-adv were prefixed with batadv_ to avoid
collisions with other symbols of the kernel. Other symbols of batman-adv
should use the same prefix to keep the naming scheme consistent.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-24 18:41:41 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann c0a559295e batman-adv: Prefix hash static inline functions with batadv_
All non-static symbols of batman-adv were prefixed with batadv_ to avoid
collisions with other symbols of the kernel. Other symbols of batman-adv
should use the same prefix to keep the naming scheme consistent.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-24 18:41:41 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann e5d89254bf batman-adv: Prefix hard-interface static inline functions with batadv_
All non-static symbols of batman-adv were prefixed with batadv_ to avoid
collisions with other symbols of the kernel. Other symbols of batman-adv
should use the same prefix to keep the naming scheme consistent.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-24 18:41:41 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 9cfc7bd608 batman-adv: Reformat multiline comments to consistent style
batman-adv doesn't follow the style for multiline comments that David S. Miller
prefers. All comments should be reformatted to follow this consistent style to
make the code slightly more readable.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:33 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 3193e8fdfa batman-adv: Prefix main non-static functions with batadv_
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that
case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other
non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A
prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids
such a problem.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:32 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 88ed1e7772 batman-adv: Prefix unicast non-static functions with batadv_
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that
case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other
non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A
prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids
such a problem.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:30 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 08c36d3e8a batman-adv: Prefix translation-table non-static functions with batadv_
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that
case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other
non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A
prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids
such a problem.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:29 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 30d3c5113f batman-adv: Prefix routing non-static functions with batadv_
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that
case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other
non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A
prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids
such a problem.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:25 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 7d211efc50 batman-adv: Prefix originator non-static functions with batadv_
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that
case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other
non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A
prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids
such a problem.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:23 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 1a8eaf0733 batman-adv: Prefix hash non-static functions with batadv_
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that
case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other
non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A
prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids
such a problem.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:21 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 7cf06bc6ff batman-adv: Prefix gateway-client non-static functions with batadv_
batman-adv can be compiled as part of the kernel instead of an module. In that
case the linker will see all non-static symbols of batman-adv and all other
non-static symbols of the kernel. This could lead to symbol collisions. A
prefix for the batman-adv symbols that defines their private namespace avoids
such a problem.

Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-20 22:15:18 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 5346c35ebf batman-adv: Return error codes instead of -1 on failures
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2012-06-18 18:01:03 +02:00
Marek Lindner e3b0d0dea6 batman-adv: prepare lq_update_lock to be shared among different protocols
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-05-13 19:06:39 +02:00
Marek Lindner 7ae8b2852f batman-adv: split neigh_new function into generic and batman iv specific parts
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Acked-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-05-11 13:55:57 +02:00
Marek Lindner 0b0094e000 batman-adv: replace HZ calculations with jiffies_to_msecs()
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Acked-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-05-11 10:08:13 +02:00
Marek Lindner d7b2a97e03 batman-adv: rename last_valid to last_seen
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Acked-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-05-11 10:08:12 +02:00
Simon Wunderlich 23721387c4 batman-adv: add basic bridge loop avoidance code
This second version of the bridge loop avoidance for batman-adv
avoids loops between the mesh and a backbone (usually a LAN).

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.

With this patch, batman recognizes backbone gateways, nodes which are
part of the mesh and backbone/LAN at the same time. Each backbone
gateway "claims" clients from within the mesh to handle them
exclusively. By restricting that only responsible backbone gateways
may handle their claimed clients traffic, loops are effectively
avoided.

Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-04-11 14:28:58 +02:00
Simon Wunderlich a7f6ee9493 batman-adv: remove old bridge loop avoidance code
The functionality is to be replaced by an improved implementation,
so first clean up.

Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
2012-04-11 14:28:58 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 86ceb36056 batman-adv: Ignore 80-chars per line limits for strings
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2012-03-11 06:29:44 +08:00
Sven Eckelmann 7c64fd98ce batman-adv: Fix indentation of multiline statements
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2012-02-28 19:14:31 +08:00
Sven Eckelmann 567db7b0b7 batman-adv: Update copyright years
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2012-02-17 02:50:21 +08:00
Marek Lindner 032b7969f8 batman-adv: convert time_after instances to has_timed_out
To increase readability the has_timed_out() functions has been introduced.
This patch converts existing time_after() calls to use this wrapper
function (if applicable).
This patch also converts all timeouts to miliseconds to be consistent.

Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
2012-02-17 02:50:20 +08:00
Antonio Quartulli 1707157888 batman-adv: add tt_initialised flag to the orig_node struct
(ttvn == 0) is currently used as initial condition. However this is not a good
idea because ttvn gets the vale zero each time after reaching the maximum value
(wrap around). For this reason a new flag is added in order to define whether a
node has an initialised table or not. Moreover, after invoking
tt_global_del_orig(), tt_initialised has to be set to false

Reported-by: Alexey Fisher <bug-track@fisher-privat.net>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Tested-by: Alexey Fisher <bug-track@fisher-privat.net>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2012-02-17 02:50:18 +08:00
Antonio Quartulli c90681b850 batman-adv: fixed hash functions type to uint32_t instead of int
There are two reasons for this fix:
- the result of choose_orig() and vis_choose() is an index and therefore it can't
  be negative. Hence it is correct to make the return type unsigned too.

- sizeof(int) may not be the same on ALL the architectures. Since we plan to use
  choose_orig() as DHT hash function, we need to guarantee that, given the same
  argument, the result is the same. Then it is correct to explicitly express
  the size of the return type (and the second argument). Since the expected
  length is currently 4, uint32_t is the most convenient choice.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-11-20 13:08:33 +01:00
Joe Perches 320f422f62 batman-adv: Remove unnecessary OOM logging messages
Removing unnecessary messages saves code and text.

Site specific OOM messages are duplications of a generic MM
out of memory message and aren't really useful, so just
delete them.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-09-08 17:52:30 +02:00
Marek Lindner fc95727564 batman-adv: agglomerate all batman iv ogm processing functions in a single file
In preparation of the upcoming improved routing algorithm the code based has
to be re-organized to allow choosing the routing algorithm at compile time.

Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-09-08 17:39:06 +02:00
Antonio Quartulli 1a1f37d925 batman-adv: hash_add() has to discriminate on the return value
hash_add() returns 0 on success while returns -1 either on error and on
entry already present. The caller could use such information to select
its behaviour. For this reason it is useful that hash_add() returns -1
in case on error and returns 1 in case of entry already present.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-08-22 15:16:19 +02:00
Antonio Quartulli c8c991bf20 batman-adv: initialise last_ttvn and tt_crc for the orig_node structure
The last_ttvn and tt_crc fields of the orig_node structure were not
initialised causing an immediate TT_REQ/RES dialogue even if not needed.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-07-07 18:49:26 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 44c4349a2a batman-adv: Replace version info instead of appending them
The version number of modules build outside of the tree can get revision
numbers added. This is useful to give hints about the revision of a
distribution package and the used patchset. The prepended source number or
branch name doesn't add any additional information which would help to identify
problems and can therefore be omitted.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
2011-07-05 14:48:56 +02:00
Antonio Quartulli cc47f66e6b batman-adv: improved roaming mechanism
With the current client announcement implementation, in case of roaming,
an update is triggered on the new AP serving the client. At that point
the new information is spread around by means of the OGM broadcasting
mechanism. Until this operations is not executed, no node is able to
correctly route traffic towards the client. This obviously causes packet
drops and introduces a delay in the time needed by the client to recover
its connections.

A new packet type called ROAMING_ADVERTISEMENT is added to account this
issue.

This message is sent in case of roaming from the new AP serving the
client to the old one and will contain the client MAC address. In this
way an out-of-OGM update is immediately committed, so that the old node
can update its global translation table. Traffic reaching this node will
then be redirected to the correct destination utilising the fresher
information. Thus reducing the packet drops and the connection recovery
delay.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-06-20 11:37:27 +02:00
Antonio Quartulli a73105b8d4 batman-adv: improved client announcement mechanism
The client announcement mechanism informs every mesh node in the network
of any connected non-mesh client, in order to find the path towards that
client from any given point in the mesh.

The old implementation was based on the simple idea of appending a data
buffer to each OGM containing all the client MAC addresses the node is
serving. All other nodes can populate their global translation tables
(table which links client MAC addresses to node addresses) using this
MAC address buffer and linking it to the node's address contained in the
OGM. A node that wants to contact a client has to lookup the node the
client is connected to and its address in the global translation table.

It is easy to understand that this implementation suffers from several
issues:
 - big overhead (each and every OGM contains the entire list of
   connected clients)
 - high latencies for client route updates due to long OGM trip time and
   OGM losses

The new implementation addresses these issues by appending client
changes (new client joined or a client left) to the OGM instead of
filling it with all the client addresses each time. In this way nodes
can modify their global tables by means of "updates", thus reducing the
overhead within the OGMs.

To keep the entire network in sync each node maintains a translation
table version number (ttvn) and a translation table checksum. These
values are spread with the OGM to allow all the network participants to
determine whether or not they need to update their translation table
information.

When a translation table lookup is performed in order to send a packet
to a client attached to another node, the destination's ttvn is added to
the payload packet. Forwarding nodes can compare the packet's ttvn with
their destination's ttvn (this node could have a fresher information
than the source) and re-route the packet if necessary. This greatly
reduces the packet loss of clients roaming from one AP to the next.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-06-20 11:37:24 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann b8e2dd135c batman-adv: Move compare_orig to originator.c
compare_orig is only used in context of orig_node which is managed
inside originator.c. It is not necessary to keep that function inside
the header originator.h.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-06-20 10:38:55 +02:00
Sven Eckelmann 704509b8d4 batman-adv: Calculate sizeof using variable insead of types
Documentation/CodingStyle recommends to use the form

	p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), ...);

to calculate the size of a struct and not the version where the struct
name is spelled out to prevent bugs when the type of p changes. This
also seems appropriate for manipulation of buffers when they are
directly associated with p.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2011-05-30 07:39:33 +02:00