From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix infinite loop on dev_mc_unsync() Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:51:48 -0500 Message-ID: <20071109183733.GA22714@pogo> References: <20071109151135.GA12982@pogo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Jeff Garzik , David Miller To: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071109151135.GA12982@pogo> Sender: linux-wireless-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Sorry, forgot to CC David. On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:11:35AM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: While reviewing net/core/dev_mcast.c I found what I think is an infinite loop on dev_mc_unsync(). This fixes it. We make use of this guy on mac80211 in ieee80211_stop(). This is untested. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez diff --git a/net/core/dev_mcast.c b/net/core/dev_mcast.c index 15241cf..5373c03 100644 --- a/net/core/dev_mcast.c +++ b/net/core/dev_mcast.c @@ -168,8 +168,10 @@ void dev_mc_unsync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from) da = from->mc_list; while (da != NULL) { next = da->next; - if (!da->da_synced) + if (!da->da_synced) { + da = next; continue; + } __dev_addr_delete(&to->mc_list, &to->mc_count, da->da_addr, da->da_addrlen, 0); da->da_synced = 0;