From: Ursula Braun The loop in iucv_callback_txdone presumes existence of an entry with msg->tag in the send_skb_q list. In error cases this assumption might be wrong and might cause an endless loop. Loop is rewritten to guarantee loop end in case of missing msg->tag entry in send_skb_q. Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun --- net/iucv/af_iucv.c | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -urpN linux-2.6/net/iucv/af_iucv.c linux-2.6-patched/net/iucv/af_iucv.c --- linux-2.6/net/iucv/af_iucv.c 2008-02-07 13:24:39.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-patched/net/iucv/af_iucv.c 2008-02-07 13:24:39.000000000 +0100 @@ -1112,24 +1112,31 @@ static void iucv_callback_txdone(struct struct iucv_message *msg) { struct sock *sk = path->private; - struct sk_buff *this; + struct sk_buff *this = NULL; struct sk_buff_head *list = &iucv_sk(sk)->send_skb_q; struct sk_buff *list_skb = list->next; unsigned long flags; - if (list_skb) { + if (!skb_queue_empty(list)) { spin_lock_irqsave(&list->lock, flags); - do { - this = list_skb; + while (list_skb != (struct sk_buff *)list) { + if (!memcmp(&msg->tag, list_skb->cb, 4)) { + this = list_skb; + break; + } list_skb = list_skb->next; - } while (memcmp(&msg->tag, this->cb, 4) && list_skb); - __skb_unlink(this, list); + } + if (this) + __skb_unlink(this, list); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&list->lock, flags); - kfree_skb(this); + if (this) + kfree_skb(this); } + if (!this) + printk(KERN_ERR "AF_IUCV msg tag %u not found\n", msg->tag); if (sk->sk_state == IUCV_CLOSING) { if (skb_queue_empty(&iucv_sk(sk)->send_skb_q)) { -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html