When a mesh link is in blocked state, it is very useful to still allow auth requests from the peer to re-establish it. When a remote node is power cycled, the peer state can easily end up in blocked state if multiple auth attempts are performed. Since this can lead to several minutes of downtime, we should accept auth attempts of the peer after it has come back.
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| @@ -5623,7 +5623,7 @@ enum nl80211_if_combination_attrs { · 5622 unmodified lines | ||
| 5623 | 5623 | * @NL80211_PLINK_ESTAB: mesh peer link is established |
| 5624 | 5624 | * @NL80211_PLINK_HOLDING: mesh peer link is being closed or cancelled |
| 5625 | 5625 | * @NL80211_PLINK_BLOCKED: all frames transmitted from this mesh |
| 5626 | − * plink are discarded | |
| 5626 | + * plink are discarded, except for authentication frames | |
| 5627 | 5627 | * @NUM_NL80211_PLINK_STATES: number of peer link states |
| 5628 | 5628 | * @MAX_NL80211_PLINK_STATES: highest numerical value of plink states |
| 5629 | 5629 | */ |