netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] tipc: fix connection abort during subscription cancel

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:08:50 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@...csson.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	jon.maloy@...csson.com, maloy@...jonn.com, ying.xue@...driver.com,
	richard.alpe@...csson.com, anders.widell@...csson.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] tipc: fix connection abort during subscription
 cancel

From: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@...csson.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:35:59 +0100

> In 'commit 7fe8097cef5f ("tipc: fix nullpointer bug when subscribing
> to events")', we terminate the connection if the subscription
> creation fails.
> In the same commit, the subscription creation result was based on
> the value of the subscription pointer (set in the function) instead
> of the return code.
> 
> Unfortunately, the same function tipc_subscrp_create() handles
> subscription cancel request. For a subscription cancellation request,
> the subscription pointer cannot be set. Thus if a subscriber has
> several subscriptions and cancels any of them, the connection is
> terminated.
> 
> In this commit, we terminate the connection based on the return value
> of tipc_subscrp_create().
> Fixes: commit 7fe8097cef5f ("tipc: fix nullpointer bug when subscribing to events")
> 
> Reviewed-by:  Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
> Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@...csson.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.