netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/2] RDS: TCP: start multipath acceptor loop at 0

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Date:   Fri,  4 Nov 2016 10:04:12 -0700
From:   Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
        sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com, santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] RDS: TCP: start multipath acceptor loop at 0

The for() loop in rds_tcp_accept_one() assumes that the 0'th
rds_tcp_conn_path is UP and starts multipath accepts at index 1.
But this assumption may not always be true: if the 0'th path
has failed (ERROR or DOWN state) an incoming connection request
should be used to resurrect this path.

Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
---
 net/rds/tcp_listen.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
index e0b23fb..c9c4968 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct rds_tcp_connection *rds_tcp_accept_one_path(struct rds_connection *conn)
 	if (!peer_is_smaller)
 		return NULL;
 
-	for (i = 1; i < npaths; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < npaths; i++) {
 		struct rds_conn_path *cp = &conn->c_path[i];
 
 		if (rds_conn_path_transition(cp, RDS_CONN_DOWN,
-- 
1.7.1