This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
bridge/mdb: remove wrong use of NLM_F_MULTI
to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree
which can be found at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue
This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt12.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please
reply to this email.
For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Thanks.
-Luis
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>From d48583cc5f78c60061c11aafe217a41d9219bd1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:33:48 +0200
Subject: bridge/mdb: remove wrong use of NLM_F_MULTI
commit 821996795973fd52703c35811a03db9fec1ac141 upstream.
NLM_F_MULTI must be used only when a NLMSG_DONE message is sent. In fact,
it is sent only at the end of a dump.
Libraries like libnl will wait forever for NLMSG_DONE.
Fixes: 37a393bc4932 ("bridge: notify mdb changes via netlink")
CC: Cong Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_mdb.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
index 5df05269d17a..d8b1833a363e 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int nlmsg_populate_mdb_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct br_port_msg *bpm;
struct nlattr *nest, *nest2;
- nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*bpm), NLM_F_MULTI);
+ nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*bpm), 0);
if (!nlh)
return -EMSGSIZE;
