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+/*
+ *	LAPB release 002
+ *
+ *	This code REQUIRES 2.1.15 or higher/ NET3.038
+ *
+ *	This module:
+ *		This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *		modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *		as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *		2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *	History
+ *	LAPB 001	Jonathan Naylor	Started Coding
+ */
+
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+#include <linux/in.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/sockios.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/inet.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <net/lapb.h>
+
+/*
+ *	This routine purges all the queues of frames.
+ */
+void lapb_clear_queues(struct lapb_cb *lapb)
+{
+	skb_queue_purge(&lapb->write_queue);
+	skb_queue_purge(&lapb->ack_queue);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This routine purges the input queue of those frames that have been
+ * acknowledged. This replaces the boxes labelled "V(a) <- N(r)" on the
+ * SDL diagram.
+ */
+void lapb_frames_acked(struct lapb_cb *lapb, unsigned short nr)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int modulus;
+
+	modulus = (lapb->mode & LAPB_EXTENDED) ? LAPB_EMODULUS : LAPB_SMODULUS;
+
+	/*
+	 * Remove all the ack-ed frames from the ack queue.
+	 */
+	if (lapb->va != nr)
+		while (skb_peek(&lapb->ack_queue) && lapb->va != nr) {
+		        skb = skb_dequeue(&lapb->ack_queue);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			lapb->va = (lapb->va + 1) % modulus;
+		}
+}
+
+void lapb_requeue_frames(struct lapb_cb *lapb)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb, *skb_prev = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Requeue all the un-ack-ed frames on the output queue to be picked
+	 * up by lapb_kick called from the timer. This arrangement handles the
+	 * possibility of an empty output queue.
+	 */
+	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&lapb->ack_queue)) != NULL) {
+		if (!skb_prev)
+			skb_queue_head(&lapb->write_queue, skb);
+		else
+			skb_append(skb_prev, skb);
+		skb_prev = skb;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Validate that the value of nr is between va and vs. Return true or
+ *	false for testing.
+ */
+int lapb_validate_nr(struct lapb_cb *lapb, unsigned short nr)
+{
+	unsigned short vc = lapb->va;
+	int modulus;
+	
+	modulus = (lapb->mode & LAPB_EXTENDED) ? LAPB_EMODULUS : LAPB_SMODULUS;
+
+	while (vc != lapb->vs) {
+		if (nr == vc)
+			return 1;
+		vc = (vc + 1) % modulus;
+	}
+	
+	return nr == lapb->vs;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	This routine is the centralised routine for parsing the control
+ *	information for the different frame formats.
+ */
+int lapb_decode(struct lapb_cb *lapb, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		struct lapb_frame *frame)
+{
+	frame->type = LAPB_ILLEGAL;
+
+#if LAPB_DEBUG > 2
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "lapb: (%p) S%d RX %02X %02X %02X\n",
+	       lapb->dev, lapb->state,
+	       skb->data[0], skb->data[1], skb->data[2]);
+#endif
+
+	/* We always need to look at 2 bytes, sometimes we need
+	 * to look at 3 and those cases are handled below.
+	 */
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 2))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (lapb->mode & LAPB_MLP) {
+		if (lapb->mode & LAPB_DCE) {
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_D)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_C)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+		} else {
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_C)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_D)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (lapb->mode & LAPB_DCE) {
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_B)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_A)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+		} else {
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_A)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_COMMAND;
+			if (skb->data[0] == LAPB_ADDR_B)
+				frame->cr = LAPB_RESPONSE;
+		}
+	}
+		
+	skb_pull(skb, 1);
+
+	if (lapb->mode & LAPB_EXTENDED) {
+		if (!(skb->data[0] & LAPB_S)) {
+			if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 2))
+				return -1;
+			/*
+			 * I frame - carries NR/NS/PF
+			 */
+			frame->type       = LAPB_I;
+			frame->ns         = (skb->data[0] >> 1) & 0x7F;
+			frame->nr         = (skb->data[1] >> 1) & 0x7F;
+			frame->pf         = skb->data[1] & LAPB_EPF;
+			frame->control[0] = skb->data[0];
+			frame->control[1] = skb->data[1];
+			skb_pull(skb, 2);
+		} else if ((skb->data[0] & LAPB_U) == 1) {
+			if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 2))
+				return -1;
+			/*
+			 * S frame - take out PF/NR
+			 */
+			frame->type       = skb->data[0] & 0x0F;
+			frame->nr         = (skb->data[1] >> 1) & 0x7F;
+			frame->pf         = skb->data[1] & LAPB_EPF;
+			frame->control[0] = skb->data[0];
+			frame->control[1] = skb->data[1];
+			skb_pull(skb, 2);
+		} else if ((skb->data[0] & LAPB_U) == 3) {
+			/*
+			 * U frame - take out PF
+			 */
+			frame->type       = skb->data[0] & ~LAPB_SPF;
+			frame->pf         = skb->data[0] & LAPB_SPF;
+			frame->control[0] = skb->data[0];
+			frame->control[1] = 0x00;
+			skb_pull(skb, 1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (!(skb->data[0] & LAPB_S)) {
+			/*
+			 * I frame - carries NR/NS/PF
+			 */
+			frame->type = LAPB_I;
+			frame->ns   = (skb->data[0] >> 1) & 0x07;
+			frame->nr   = (skb->data[0] >> 5) & 0x07;
+			frame->pf   = skb->data[0] & LAPB_SPF;
+		} else if ((skb->data[0] & LAPB_U) == 1) {
+			/*
+			 * S frame - take out PF/NR
+			 */
+			frame->type = skb->data[0] & 0x0F;
+			frame->nr   = (skb->data[0] >> 5) & 0x07;
+			frame->pf   = skb->data[0] & LAPB_SPF;
+		} else if ((skb->data[0] & LAPB_U) == 3) {
+			/*
+			 * U frame - take out PF
+			 */
+			frame->type = skb->data[0] & ~LAPB_SPF;
+			frame->pf   = skb->data[0] & LAPB_SPF;
+		}
+
+		frame->control[0] = skb->data[0];
+
+		skb_pull(skb, 1);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* 
+ *	This routine is called when the HDLC layer internally  generates a
+ *	command or  response  for  the remote machine ( eg. RR, UA etc. ). 
+ *	Only supervisory or unnumbered frames are processed, FRMRs are handled
+ *	by lapb_transmit_frmr below.
+ */
+void lapb_send_control(struct lapb_cb *lapb, int frametype,
+		       int poll_bit, int type)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	unsigned char  *dptr;
+
+	if ((skb = alloc_skb(LAPB_HEADER_LEN + 3, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	skb_reserve(skb, LAPB_HEADER_LEN + 1);
+
+	if (lapb->mode & LAPB_EXTENDED) {
+		if ((frametype & LAPB_U) == LAPB_U) {
+			dptr   = skb_put(skb, 1);
+			*dptr  = frametype;
+			*dptr |= poll_bit ? LAPB_SPF : 0;
+		} else {
+			dptr     = skb_put(skb, 2);
+			dptr[0]  = frametype;
+			dptr[1]  = (lapb->vr << 1);
+			dptr[1] |= poll_bit ? LAPB_EPF : 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		dptr   = skb_put(skb, 1);
+		*dptr  = frametype;
+		*dptr |= poll_bit ? LAPB_SPF : 0;
+		if ((frametype & LAPB_U) == LAPB_S)	/* S frames carry NR */
+			*dptr |= (lapb->vr << 5);
+	}
+
+	lapb_transmit_buffer(lapb, skb, type);
+}
+
+/* 
+ *	This routine generates FRMRs based on information previously stored in
+ *	the LAPB control block.
+ */
+void lapb_transmit_frmr(struct lapb_cb *lapb)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	unsigned char  *dptr;
+
+	if ((skb = alloc_skb(LAPB_HEADER_LEN + 7, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	skb_reserve(skb, LAPB_HEADER_LEN + 1);
+
+	if (lapb->mode & LAPB_EXTENDED) {
+		dptr    = skb_put(skb, 6);
+		*dptr++ = LAPB_FRMR;
+		*dptr++ = lapb->frmr_data.control[0];
+		*dptr++ = lapb->frmr_data.control[1];
+		*dptr++ = (lapb->vs << 1) & 0xFE;
+		*dptr   = (lapb->vr << 1) & 0xFE;
+		if (lapb->frmr_data.cr == LAPB_RESPONSE)
+			*dptr |= 0x01;
+		dptr++;
+		*dptr++ = lapb->frmr_type;
+
+#if LAPB_DEBUG > 1
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "lapb: (%p) S%d TX FRMR %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X\n",
+	       lapb->dev, lapb->state,
+	       skb->data[1], skb->data[2], skb->data[3],
+	       skb->data[4], skb->data[5]);
+#endif
+	} else {
+		dptr    = skb_put(skb, 4);
+		*dptr++ = LAPB_FRMR;
+		*dptr++ = lapb->frmr_data.control[0];
+		*dptr   = (lapb->vs << 1) & 0x0E;
+		*dptr  |= (lapb->vr << 5) & 0xE0;
+		if (lapb->frmr_data.cr == LAPB_RESPONSE)
+			*dptr |= 0x10;
+		dptr++;
+		*dptr++ = lapb->frmr_type;
+
+#if LAPB_DEBUG > 1
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "lapb: (%p) S%d TX FRMR %02X %02X %02X\n",
+	       lapb->dev, lapb->state, skb->data[1],
+	       skb->data[2], skb->data[3]);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	lapb_transmit_buffer(lapb, skb, LAPB_RESPONSE);
+}