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Commit 5679ee78 authored by Zhenbo Gao's avatar Zhenbo Gao Committed by David S. Miller
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tipc: handle broadcast NAME_DISTRIBUTOR packet when receiving it



NAME_DISTRIBUTOR messages are transmitted through unicast link on TIPC
2.0, by contrast, the messages are delivered through broadcast link on
TIPC 1.7. But at present, NAME_DISTRIBUTOR messages received by
broadcast link cannot be handled in tipc_rcv() until an unicast message
arrives, which may lead to a significant delay to update name table.

To avoid this delay, we will also deal with broadcast NAME_DISTRIBUTOR
message on broadcast receive path.

Signed-off-by: default avatarZhenbo Gao <zhenbo.gao@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarYing Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 935b8a59
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