Merge branch 'batman-adv/next' of git://git.open-mesh.org/linux-merge

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 2cb98bed1586..0f32c818874d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -91,6 +91,18 @@ static void update_transtable(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
 		 * to recompute it to spot any possible inconsistency
 		 * in the global table */
 		orig_node->tt_crc = tt_global_crc(bat_priv, orig_node);
+
+		/* The ttvn alone is not enough to guarantee consistency
+		 * because a single value could repesent different states
+		 * (due to the wrap around). Thus a node has to check whether
+		 * the resulting table (after applying the changes) is still
+		 * consistent or not. E.g. a node could disconnect while its
+		 * ttvn is X and reconnect on ttvn = X + TTVN_MAX: in this case
+		 * checking the CRC value is mandatory to detect the
+		 * inconsistency */
+		if (orig_node->tt_crc != tt_crc)
+			goto request_table;
+
 		/* Roaming phase is over: tables are in sync again. I can
 		 * unset the flag */
 		orig_node->tt_poss_change = false;