tree 9741b0dcae188721790b9f384e3b7d8d518951b5
parent b02b69c8a403859ec72090742727e853d606a325
author Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> 1282042808 +0000
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1282091514 -0700

tipc: Prevent crash when broadcast link cannot send to all nodes

Allow TIPC's broadcast link to continue operation when it is unable
to send a message to all nodes in the cluster.  Previously, the
broadcast link attempted to put the broadcast pseudo-bearer into a
blocked state; however, this caused a crash because the associated
bearer structure is only partially initialized.  Further
investigation has revealed some conceptual problems with blocking
the pseudo-bearer; consequently, this functionality has been
disabled for the time being and the undelivered message is
eventually resent by the broadcast link's existing message
retransmission mechanism (if possible).

Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>