Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:09:52 +0200 From: Maxim Levitsky Subject: firewire: net: invalidate ARP entries of removed nodes This makes it possible to resume communication with a node that dropped off the bus for a brief period. Otherwise communication will only be possible after ARP cache entry timeouts. Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter (rebased) --- drivers/firewire/net.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: b/drivers/firewire/net.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/firewire/net.c +++ b/drivers/firewire/net.c @@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ struct fwnet_peer { struct fwnet_device *dev; u64 guid; u64 fifo; + __be32 ip; /* guarded by dev->lock */ struct list_head pd_list; /* received partial datagrams */ @@ -570,6 +571,8 @@ static int fwnet_finish_incoming_packet( peer->speed = sspd; if (peer->max_payload > max_payload) peer->max_payload = max_payload; + + peer->ip = arp1394->sip; } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags); @@ -1470,6 +1473,7 @@ static int fwnet_add_peer(struct fwnet_d peer->dev = dev; peer->guid = (u64)device->config_rom[3] << 32 | device->config_rom[4]; peer->fifo = FWNET_NO_FIFO_ADDR; + peer->ip = 0; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&peer->pd_list); peer->pdg_size = 0; peer->datagram_label = 0; @@ -1589,10 +1593,13 @@ static int fwnet_remove(struct device *_ mutex_lock(&fwnet_device_mutex); + net = dev->netdev; + if (net && peer->ip) + arp_invalidate(net, peer->ip); + fwnet_remove_peer(peer, dev); if (list_empty(&dev->peer_list)) { - net = dev->netdev; unregister_netdev(net); if (dev->local_fifo != FWNET_NO_FIFO_ADDR)