Open Mesh

04/09/2025

02:02 PM batman-adv Bug #431: Multicast optimization doesn't work with bridges

Hi Juha, thanks for the detailed report!
multicast_fanout is only to determine whether to use a batman-adv broadca... Linus Lüssing

11/28/2024

02:52 AM batman-adv Bug #430 (New): BLA: Externally induced, locally allocated backbone_gw's are never freed

The reproducing script in https://www.open-mesh.org/issues/429 also shows a potential, small memory leak. In the sens... Linus Lüssing

02:31 AM batman-adv Bug #429 (New): BLA: Frame with a new VLAN breaks broadcast for 30 seconds

A bridged-in host can DoS broadcast/multicast traffic on the according batman-adv node with a single packet every 30 ... Linus Lüssing

06/12/2024

02:36 PM batman-adv Bug #428: TT local memory leak / RCU race condition on shutdown

Also reproduceable on a current, vanilla Linux master (2ef5971ff345d3c000873725db555085e0131961). Will prepare a revert. Linus Lüssing

06:25 AM batman-adv Bug #428: TT local memory leak / RCU race condition on shutdown

Interestingly, even when I add msleep()s (here: 3x msleep(100)) before the rcu_barrier(), so that the rcu_barrier() i... Linus Lüssing

03:13 AM batman-adv Bug #428 (Closed): TT local memory leak / RCU race condition on shutdown

On shutdown/rmmod of batman-adv.ko with batman-adv compiled from the main branch Slab complains with the following er... Linus Lüssing

07/10/2023

08:27 PM batman-adv Bug #413: B.A.T.M.A.N. V aggregation causes originator loops

Applied/fixed in:
https://git.open-mesh.org/batman-adv.git/commit/d41cc7cb62c
https://patchwork.open-mesh.org/pro... Linus Lüssing

08:10 PM batctl Feature #353: Translate layer 3 addresses from non Layer 3 neighbors

Rereading this ticket I'm getting the feeling that there are maybe two misunderstandings:
1) While what is in the ... Linus Lüssing

04/20/2021

11:49 AM batman-adv Bug #422 (New): General protection fault in batadv_orig_router_get

In a VM with kvm and a 5.11.9 kernel and a recent batman-adv from the master branch I get a general protection fault ... Linus Lüssing

09/14/2020

11:24 AM batman-adv Feature #419 (New): BLA: redundant and superficial GW check

The source address check in batadv_recv_unicast_packet() here is both superficial and redundant:... Linus Lüssing