From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: ordex-GaUfNO9RBHfsrOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
b.a.t.m.a.n-ZwoEplunGu2X36UT3dwllkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: pull request: batman-adv 2012-10-18
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:37:36 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121018.153736.1003806671294091595.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1350588295-22587-1-git-send-email-ordex-GaUfNO9RBHfsrOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org>
From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex-GaUfNO9RBHfsrOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:24:53 +0200
> here are two fixes intended for net. The first one fixes the CRC computation
> used to check for broadcast packet duplicates. The wrong result lead to many
> (more than 80%) broadcast packets being dropped and so making the network very
> slow and mostly unusable. Think about all the ARP or DHCP requests not going
> through.
>
> The second patch fixes a potential race condition, still in the same duplicated
> broadcast check procedure, which can lead to wrong outcomes under certain
> circumstances.
Pulled, thanks.
> I would also like to enqueue patch 1/2 for sending to stable-{3.5/3.6}.
Feel free to submit this to -stable once it hits Linus's tree.
Thanks.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-18 19:24 pull request: batman-adv 2012-10-18 Antonio Quartulli
2012-10-18 19:24 ` [PATCH 1/2] batman-adv: Fix broadcast packet CRC calculation Antonio Quartulli
2012-10-18 19:24 ` [PATCH 2/2] batman-adv: Fix potential broadcast BLA-duplicate-check race condition Antonio Quartulli
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2012-10-18 19:37 ` David Miller [this message]
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