[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 5b3abd5..d169529 100644 (file)
--- 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;
        }