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authorAllan Stephens2011-10-24 21:26:24 +0200
committerPaul Gortmaker2011-12-27 17:33:53 +0100
commit3655959143ebf1fd32e28a448d204be2f7f13e99 (patch)
tree441e42f4e55fedf7d262a3d43ba356a1598f36c5 /net/tipc/link.c
parenttipc: Flush unsent broadcast messages when contact with last node is lost (diff)
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tipc: Ignore broadcast acknowledgements that are out-of-range
Adds checks to TIPC's broadcast link so that it ignores any acknowledgement message containing a sequence number that does not correspond to an unacknowledged message currently in the broadcast link's transmit queue. This change prevents the broadcast link from becoming stalled if a newly booted node receives stale broadcast link acknowledgement information from another node that has not yet fully synchronized its end of the broadcast link to reflect the current state of the new node's end. Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/link.c')
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/link.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 332915e43043..4eff342326e2 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -1733,10 +1733,8 @@ void tipc_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *head, struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr)
/* Release acked messages */
- if (less(n_ptr->bclink.acked, msg_bcast_ack(msg))) {
- if (tipc_node_is_up(n_ptr) && n_ptr->bclink.supported)
- tipc_bclink_acknowledge(n_ptr, msg_bcast_ack(msg));
- }
+ if (tipc_node_is_up(n_ptr) && n_ptr->bclink.supported)
+ tipc_bclink_acknowledge(n_ptr, msg_bcast_ack(msg));
crs = l_ptr->first_out;
while ((crs != l_ptr->next_out) &&