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Jon Paul Maloy authored
commit 81729810 ("tipc: fix link priority propagation") introduced a compatibility problem between TIPC versions newer than Linux 4.6 and those older than Linux 4.4. In versions later than 4.4, link STATE messages only contain a non-zero link priority value when the sender wants the receiver to change its priority. This has the effect that the receiver resets itself in order to apply the new priority. This works well, and is consistent with the said commit. However, in versions older than 4.4 a valid link priority is present in all sent link STATE messages, leading to cyclic link establishment and reset on the 4.6+ node. We fix this by adding a test that the received value should not only be valid, but also differ from the current value in order to cause the receiving link endpoint to reset. Reported-by:
Amar Nv <amar.nv005@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by:
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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