[PATCH] mesh: Make mesh ttl configurable
Thiyagarajan Pandiyan
thiyagarajan at aerlync.com
Mon Apr 20 23:23:36 PDT 2026
Allow mesh_ttl (dot11MeshTTL) to be configurable, pass that to the
driver (only nl80211 implemented).
Signed-off-by: Thiyagarajan Pandiyan <thiyagarajan at aerlync.com>
---
src/drivers/driver.h | 2 ++
src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 4 ++++
wpa_supplicant/config.c | 2 ++
wpa_supplicant/config.h | 8 ++++++++
wpa_supplicant/config_file.c | 3 +++
wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf | 3 +++
6 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver.h b/src/drivers/driver.h
index 3807fc0f8..e71e1c86d 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver.h
+++ b/src/drivers/driver.h
@@ -1942,6 +1942,7 @@ struct wpa_driver_mesh_bss_params {
#define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_HT_OP_MODE 0x00000008
#define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_RSSI_THRESHOLD 0x00000010
#define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_FORWARDING 0x00000020
+#define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_TTL 0x00000040
/*
* TODO: Other mesh configuration parameters would go here.
* See NL80211_MESHCONF_* for all the mesh config parameters.
@@ -1952,6 +1953,7 @@ struct wpa_driver_mesh_bss_params {
int max_peer_links;
int rssi_threshold;
int forwarding;
+ int mesh_ttl;
u16 ht_opmode;
};
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index e87aecc58..5ed940c4b 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -12803,6 +12803,9 @@ static int nl80211_put_mesh_config(struct nl_msg *msg,
((params->flags & WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_MAX_PEER_LINKS) &&
nla_put_u16(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_MAX_PEER_LINKS,
params->max_peer_links)) ||
+ ((params->flags & WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_TTL) &&
+ nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_TTL,
+ params->mesh_ttl)) ||
((params->flags & WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_RSSI_THRESHOLD) &&
nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_RSSI_THRESHOLD,
params->rssi_threshold)))
@@ -12881,6 +12884,7 @@ static int nl80211_join_mesh(struct i802_bss *bss,
params->conf.flags |= WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_AUTO_PLINKS;
params->conf.flags |= WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_PEER_LINK_TIMEOUT;
params->conf.flags |= WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_MAX_PEER_LINKS;
+ params->conf.flags |= WPA_DRIVER_MESH_CONF_FLAG_TTL;
if (nl80211_put_mesh_config(msg, ¶ms->conf) < 0)
goto fail;
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config.c b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
index e99036366..3e98f3794 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
@@ -4913,6 +4913,7 @@ struct wpa_config * wpa_config_alloc_empty(const char *ctrl_interface,
config->max_peer_links = DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_LINKS;
config->mesh_max_inactivity = DEFAULT_MESH_MAX_INACTIVITY;
config->mesh_fwding = DEFAULT_MESH_FWDING;
+ config->mesh_ttl = DEFAULT_MESH_TTL;
config->dot11RSNASAERetransPeriod =
DEFAULT_DOT11_RSNA_SAE_RETRANS_PERIOD;
config->fast_reauth = DEFAULT_FAST_REAUTH;
@@ -5819,6 +5820,7 @@ static const struct global_parse_data global_fields[] = {
{ INT_RANGE(max_peer_links, 0, 255), 0 },
{ INT(mesh_max_inactivity), 0 },
{ INT_RANGE(mesh_fwding, 0, 1), 0 },
+ { INT_RANGE(mesh_ttl, 1, 255), 0 },
{ INT(dot11RSNASAERetransPeriod), 0 },
#endif /* CONFIG_MESH */
{ INT(disable_scan_offload), 0 },
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config.h b/wpa_supplicant/config.h
index b3f7cd062..e9cd418ff 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#define DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_LINKS 99
#define DEFAULT_MESH_MAX_INACTIVITY 300
#define DEFAULT_MESH_FWDING 1
+#define DEFAULT_MESH_TTL 31
/*
* The default dot11RSNASAERetransPeriod is defined as 40 ms in the standard,
* but use 1000 ms in practice to avoid issues on low power CPUs.
@@ -1539,6 +1540,13 @@ struct wpa_config {
*/
int mesh_fwding;
+ /**
+ * mesh_ttl - Mesh action frames Time-to-live
+ *
+ * Maximum number of hops that the mesh frames shall be forwarded
+ */
+ int mesh_ttl;
+
/**
* dot11RSNASAERetransPeriod - Timeout to retransmit SAE Auth frame
*
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c b/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c
index 81d92b7dd..40856c7a3 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c
@@ -1690,6 +1690,9 @@ static void wpa_config_write_global(FILE *f, struct wpa_config *config)
if (config->mesh_fwding != DEFAULT_MESH_FWDING)
fprintf(f, "mesh_fwding=%d\n", config->mesh_fwding);
+ if (config->mesh_ttl != DEFAULT_MESH_TTL)
+ fprintf(f, "mesh_ttl=%d\n", config->mesh_ttl);
+
if (config->dot11RSNASAERetransPeriod !=
DEFAULT_DOT11_RSNA_SAE_RETRANS_PERIOD)
fprintf(f, "dot11RSNASAERetransPeriod=%d\n",
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
index 56533cb17..1b9e4ac81 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ ap_scan=1
# Enable 802.11s layer-2 routing and forwarding (dot11MeshForwarding)
#mesh_fwding=1
+# Maximum number of hops that the mesh frames shall be forwarded
+#mesh_ttl=31
+
# cert_in_cb - Whether to include a peer certificate dump in events
# This controls whether peer certificates for authentication server and
# its certificate chain are included in EAP peer certificate events. This is
--
2.43.0
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