tipc: purge backlog queue counters when broadcast link is reset

In commit 1f66d161
("tipc: introduce starvation free send algorithm")
we introduced a counter per priority level for buffers
in the link backlog queue. We also introduced a new
function tipc_link_purge_backlog(), to reset these
counters to zero when the link is reset.

Unfortunately, we missed to call this function when
the broadcast link is reset, with the result that the
values of these counters might be permanently skewed
when new nodes are attached. This may in the worst case
lead to permananent, but spurious, broadcast link
congestion, where no broadcast packets can be sent at
all.

We fix this bug with this commit.
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

net/tipc/bcast.c

@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ void tipc_bclink_remove_node(struct net *net, u32 addr)
 
 	tipc_bclink_lock(net);
 	tipc_nmap_remove(&tn->bclink->bcast_nodes, addr);
+
+	/* Last node? => reset backlog queue */
+	if (!tn->bclink->bcast_nodes.count)
+		tipc_link_purge_backlog(&tn->bclink->link);
+
 	tipc_bclink_unlock(net);
 }
 

net/tipc/link.c

@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void tipc_link_reset_fragments(struct tipc_link *l_ptr)
 	l_ptr->reasm_buf = NULL;
 }
 
-static void tipc_link_purge_backlog(struct tipc_link *l)
+void tipc_link_purge_backlog(struct tipc_link *l)
 {
 	__skb_queue_purge(&l->backlogq);
 	l->backlog[TIPC_LOW_IMPORTANCE].len = 0;

net/tipc/link.h

@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ void tipc_link_reset_fragments(struct tipc_link *l_ptr);
 int tipc_link_is_up(struct tipc_link *l_ptr);
 int tipc_link_is_active(struct tipc_link *l_ptr);
 void tipc_link_purge_queues(struct tipc_link *l_ptr);
+void tipc_link_purge_backlog(struct tipc_link *l);
 void tipc_link_reset_all(struct tipc_node *node);
 void tipc_link_reset(struct tipc_link *l_ptr);
 int tipc_link_xmit_skb(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 dest,