mac80211: manage carrier state in mesh

Instead of assuming the carrier is on all
the time in mesh manage it with joining
and leaving the mesh.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

net/mac80211/iface.c

@@ -539,12 +539,16 @@ static int ieee80211_do_open(struct net_device *dev, bool coming_up)
 		changed |= ieee80211_reset_erp_info(sdata);
 		ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
 
-		if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION ||
-		    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
-		    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
+		switch (sdata->vif.type) {
+		case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
+		case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
+		case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
+		case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
 			netif_carrier_off(dev);
-		else
+			break;
+		default:
 			netif_carrier_on(dev);
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * set default queue parameters so drivers don't

net/mac80211/mesh.c

@@ -610,13 +610,17 @@ void ieee80211_start_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 						BSS_CHANGED_HT |
 						BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES |
 						BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT);
+
+	netif_carrier_on(sdata->dev);
 }
 
 void ieee80211_stop_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
 
+	netif_carrier_off(sdata->dev);
+
 	ifmsh->mesh_id_len = 0;
 	ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED);
 	sta_info_flush(local, NULL);