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Commit 26008247 authored by Allan Stephens's avatar Allan Stephens Committed by David S. Miller
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[TIPC]: Links now validate destination node specified by incoming messages.



This fix prevents link flopping and name table inconsistency problems arising
when a node is assigned a different <Z.C.N> value than it used previously.
(Changing the <Z.C.N> value causes other nodes to have two link endpoints
sending to the same MAC address using two different destination <Z.C.N> values,
requiring the receiving node to filter out the unwanted messages.)

Signed-off-by: default avatarAllan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPer Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 9688243b
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