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bridge: Fix mglist corruption that leads to memory corruption

Message ID 20110211224207.GA5715@gondor.apana.org.au
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Herbert Xu Feb. 11, 2011, 10:42 p.m. UTC
Hi:

This patch fixes a typo that is not too serious.

bridge: Fix timer typo that may render snooping less effective

In a couple of spots where we are supposed to modify the port
group timer (p->timer) we instead modify the bridge interface
group timer (mp->timer).

The effect of this is mostly harmless.  However, it can cause
port subscriptions to be longer than they should be, thus making
snooping less effective.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>


Cheers,

Comments

David Miller Feb. 12, 2011, 5:59 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:42:07 +1100

> This patch fixes a typo that is not too serious.
> 
> bridge: Fix timer typo that may render snooping less effective

Also applied.
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Patch

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index f701a21..802d3f8 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -1177,7 +1178,7 @@  static int br_ip4_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br,
 		if (timer_pending(&p->timer) ?
 		    time_after(p->timer.expires, now + max_delay) :
 		    try_to_del_timer_sync(&p->timer) >= 0)
-			mod_timer(&mp->timer, now + max_delay);
+			mod_timer(&p->timer, now + max_delay);
 	}
 
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@@ -1248,7 +1249,7 @@  static int br_ip6_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br,
 		if (timer_pending(&p->timer) ?
 		    time_after(p->timer.expires, now + max_delay) :
 		    try_to_del_timer_sync(&p->timer) >= 0)
-			mod_timer(&mp->timer, now + max_delay);
+			mod_timer(&p->timer, now + max_delay);
 	}
 
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