From 7e3e5d0950559d1118dccbdff3c765fffcf04fd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Allan Stephens Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:00:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tipc: Prevent crash when broadcast link cannot send to all nodes Allow TIPC's broadcast link to continue operation when it is unable to send a message to all nodes in the cluster. Previously, the broadcast link attempted to put the broadcast pseudo-bearer into a blocked state; however, this caused a crash because the associated bearer structure is only partially initialized. Further investigation has revealed some conceptual problems with blocking the pseudo-bearer; consequently, this functionality has been disabled for the time being and the undelivered message is eventually resent by the broadcast link's existing message retransmission mechanism (if possible). Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/tipc/bcast.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c index a008c6689305..42b1737f0dcf 100644 --- a/net/tipc/bcast.c +++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c @@ -609,11 +609,13 @@ static int tipc_bcbearer_send(struct sk_buff *buf, bcbearer->remains = bcbearer->remains_new; } - /* Unable to reach all targets */ + /* + * Unable to reach all targets (indicate success, since currently + * there isn't code in place to properly block & unblock the + * pseudo-bearer used by the broadcast link) + */ - bcbearer->bearer.publ.blocked = 1; - bcl->stats.bearer_congs++; - return 1; + return TIPC_OK; } /**