net: l2: ieee802154: fix payload handling
The current implicit MAC payload length algorithm (based on
an otherwise irrelevant footer pointer) produces invalid
(non-standard) values for beacon and command frames.
This change produces standard-conforming MAC payload length
values and simplifies access to payload length.
It would have been possible to fix the current footer pointer
based approach but there are arguments in favor of the new
approach:
- The footer pointer is used nowhere in the current code
base and makes length calculations rather non-obvious.
- The new approach does not use more memory and is easier
to understand and use.
- This change is a first step to support of IEEE 802.15.4
information element (IE) support. At a later stage the
distinction between MAC payload length and frame payload
length will be introduced and become relevant to
distinguish between header and payload IEs. At that point
the current implicit length calculation algorithm will
break down anyways.
Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
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