tipc: fix wrong return value from function tipc_node_try_addr()

The function for checking if there is an node address conflict is
supposed to return a suggestion for a new address if it finds a
conflict, and zero otherwise. But in case the peer being checked
is previously unknown it does instead return a "suggestion" for
the checked address itself. This results in a DSC_TRIAL_FAIL_MSG
being sent unecessarily to the peer, and sometimes makes the trial
period starting over again.

Fixes: 25b0b9c4e835 ("tipc: handle collisions of 32-bit node address hash values")
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 6a44eb812baf..0453bd451ce8 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ static u32 tipc_node_suggest_addr(struct net *net, u32 addr)
 }
 
 /* tipc_node_try_addr(): Check if addr can be used by peer, suggest other if not
+ * Returns suggested address if any, otherwise 0
  */
 u32 tipc_node_try_addr(struct net *net, u8 *id, u32 addr)
 {
@@ -819,12 +820,14 @@ u32 tipc_node_try_addr(struct net *net, u8 *id, u32 addr)
         if (n) {
                 addr = n->addr;
                 tipc_node_put(n);
+                return addr;
         }
-        /* Even this node may be in trial phase */
+
+        /* Even this node may be in conflict */
         if (tn->trial_addr == addr)
                 return tipc_node_suggest_addr(net, addr);
 
-        return addr;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 void tipc_node_check_dest(struct net *net, u32 addr,