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authorJon Paul Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>2016-04-07 10:09:13 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-04-07 17:00:13 -0400
commit4e801fa14f68223d36480bced975ebf0c5f9a284 (patch)
tree01b0373d98b732f1fb29a6e6721b5dc95fe02938 /net/tipc/discover.h
parentba35855e24d12d872e6173692bc34d48d96db39c (diff)
downloadlinux-4e801fa14f68223d36480bced975ebf0c5f9a284.tar.bz2
tipc: eliminate buffer leak in bearer layer
When enabling a bearer we create a 'neigbor discoverer' instance by calling the function tipc_disc_create() before the bearer is actually registered in the list of enabled bearers. Because of this, the very first discovery broadcast message, created by the mentioned function, is lost, since it cannot find any valid bearer to use. Furthermore, the used send function, tipc_bearer_xmit_skb() does not free the given buffer when it cannot find a bearer, resulting in the leak of exactly one send buffer each time a bearer is enabled. This commit fixes this problem by introducing two changes: 1) Instead of attemting to send the discovery message directly, we let tipc_disc_create() return the discovery buffer to the calling function, tipc_enable_bearer(), so that the latter can send it when the enabling sequence is finished. 2) In tipc_bearer_xmit_skb(), as well as in the two other transmit functions at the bearer layer, we now free the indicated buffer or buffer chain when a valid bearer cannot be found. Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/discover.h')
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/discover.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/discover.h b/net/tipc/discover.h
index c9b12770c5ed..b80a335389c0 100644
--- a/net/tipc/discover.h
+++ b/net/tipc/discover.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
struct tipc_link_req;
int tipc_disc_create(struct net *net, struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr,
- struct tipc_media_addr *dest);
+ struct tipc_media_addr *dest, struct sk_buff **skb);
void tipc_disc_delete(struct tipc_link_req *req);
void tipc_disc_reset(struct net *net, struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr);
void tipc_disc_add_dest(struct tipc_link_req *req);