From 338f7566e5c26a9547e25d54863ae4e4e5c856d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 15:02:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [PKT_SCHED]: Potential jiffy wrap bug in dev_watchdog(). There is a potential jiffy wraparound bug in the transmit watchdog that is easily avoided by using time_after(). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/sched/sch_generic.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c index 31eb837..138ea92 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c @@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ static void dev_watchdog(unsigned long arg) netif_running(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev)) { if (netif_queue_stopped(dev) && - (jiffies - dev->trans_start) > dev->watchdog_timeo) { - printk(KERN_INFO "NETDEV WATCHDOG: %s: transmit timed out\n", dev->name); + time_after(jiffies, dev->trans_start + dev->watchdog_timeo)) { + + printk(KERN_INFO "NETDEV WATCHDOG: %s: transmit timed out\n", + dev->name); dev->tx_timeout(dev); } if (!mod_timer(&dev->watchdog_timer, jiffies + dev->watchdog_timeo)) -- 2.7.4