From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net] netlink: Reset portid after netlink_insert failure Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 17:09:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20150516.170944.202404920989150129.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20150516123242.GA683@gondor.apana.org.au> <20150516134007.GA1152@gondor.apana.org.au> <20150516135028.GA1271@gondor.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, tgraf@suug.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ying.xue@windriver.com To: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:37767 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750709AbbEPVJq (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 May 2015 17:09:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20150516135028.GA1271@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Herbert Xu Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 21:50:28 +0800 > The commit c5adde9468b0714a051eac7f9666f23eb10b61f7 ("netlink: > eliminate nl_sk_hash_lock") breaks the autobind retry mechanism > because it doesn't reset portid after a failed netlink_insert. > > This means that should autobind fail the first time around, then > the socket will be stuck in limbo as it can never be bound again > since it already has a non-zero portid. > > Fixes: c5adde9468b0 ("netlink: eliminate nl_sk_hash_lock") > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Looks good, applied and queued up for -stable. Thanks!