mac80211: clean up mesh local link ID generation

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802.11-2012 13.3.1 implicitly limits the mesh local link
ID range to that of AID, since for mesh PS the local link
ID must be indicated in the TIM IE, which only holds
IEEE80211_MAX_AID bits.

Also the code was allowing a local link ID of 0, but this
is not correct since that TIM bit is used for indicating
buffered mcast frames.

Generate a random, unique, link ID from 1 - 2007, and drop
a modulo conversion for the local link ID, but keep it for
the peer link ID in case he chose something > MAX_AID.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

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Thomas Pedersen 2013-11-05 11:17:05 -08:00 • committed by Johannes Berg

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net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c

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net/mac80211/mesh_ps.c

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net/mac80211/sta_info.c

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