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[v2,net-next,05/12] 6lowpan: use short IEEE 802.15.4 addresses for broadcast destination

Message ID 1364270372-19430-6-git-send-email-tony.cheneau@amnesiak.org
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Tony Cheneau March 26, 2013, 3:59 a.m. UTC
The IEEE 802.15.4 standard uses the 0xFFFF short address (2 bytes) for message
broadcasting.

Signed-off-by: Tony Cheneau <tony.cheneau@amnesiak.org>
---
 net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Comments

Alexander Aring March 26, 2013, 11:56 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Tony,

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:59:25PM -0400, Tony Cheneau wrote:
> The IEEE 802.15.4 standard uses the 0xFFFF short address (2 bytes) for message
> broadcasting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Cheneau <tony.cheneau@amnesiak.org>
> ---
>  net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
> index e7f61de..0eebb96 100644
> --- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
> +++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
> @@ -572,21 +572,28 @@ static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	 * this isn't implemented in mainline yet, so currently we assign 0xff
>  	 */
>  	{
> +		mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
> +
>  		/* prepare wpan address data */
>  		sa.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
>  		sa.pan_id = 0xff;
> -
> -		da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
> -		da.pan_id = 0xff;
> -
> -		memcpy(&(da.hwaddr), daddr, 8);
>  		memcpy(&(sa.hwaddr), saddr, 8);
>  
> -		mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
> +		da.pan_id = 0xff;
> +		/*
> +		 * if the destination address is the broadcast address, use the
> +		 * corresponding short address
> +		 */
> +		if (lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr)) {
> +			da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT;
> +			da.short_addr = IEEE802154_ADDR_BROADCAST;
> +		} else {
> +			da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
> +			memcpy(&(da.hwaddr), daddr, 8);

It's some nitpick here.
Maybe it's better to use IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN instead of 8.

I mean we have this define, and we should use it if we mean the
ieee802154 address length.

Alex
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diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index e7f61de..0eebb96 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -572,21 +572,28 @@  static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * this isn't implemented in mainline yet, so currently we assign 0xff
 	 */
 	{
+		mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+
 		/* prepare wpan address data */
 		sa.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
 		sa.pan_id = 0xff;
-
-		da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
-		da.pan_id = 0xff;
-
-		memcpy(&(da.hwaddr), daddr, 8);
 		memcpy(&(sa.hwaddr), saddr, 8);
 
-		mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+		da.pan_id = 0xff;
+		/*
+		 * if the destination address is the broadcast address, use the
+		 * corresponding short address
+		 */
+		if (lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr)) {
+			da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT;
+			da.short_addr = IEEE802154_ADDR_BROADCAST;
+		} else {
+			da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
+			memcpy(&(da.hwaddr), daddr, 8);
 
-		/* request acknowledgment when possible */
-		if (!lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr))
+			/* request acknowledgment */
 			mac_cb(skb)->flags |= MAC_CB_FLAG_ACKREQ;
+		}
 
 		return dev_hard_header(skb, lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev,
 				type, (void *)&da, (void *)&sa, skb->len);