From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 16:38:47 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] hostap: Suppress broadcast if no stations are associated
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.23-rc1~1201^2~63
X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b918099030fe6cc093a7d60a88039bd98f16538e;p=linux.git

[PATCH] hostap: Suppress broadcast if no stations are associated

This may be useful in mesh setups when most stations act as repeaters only.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c
index 5b3abd54d0e5..d169529b90bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c
@@ -2704,6 +2704,8 @@ ap_tx_ret hostap_handle_sta_tx(local_info_t *local, struct hostap_tx_data *tx)
 
 	if (hdr->addr1[0] & 0x01) {
 		/* broadcast/multicast frame - no AP related processing */
+		if (local->ap->num_sta <= 0)
+			ret = AP_TX_DROP;
 		goto out;
 	}