linux/net/tipc/discover.h
Jon Paul Maloy 4e801fa14f 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>
2016-04-07 17:00:13 -04:00

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/*
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#ifndef _TIPC_DISCOVER_H
#define _TIPC_DISCOVER_H
struct tipc_link_req;
int tipc_disc_create(struct net *net, struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr,
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);
void tipc_disc_remove_dest(struct tipc_link_req *req);
void tipc_disc_rcv(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *buf,
struct tipc_bearer *b_ptr);
#endif