From a1faa69810b2af562b70b2a71c116c7d03575dd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Rosenboom Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:55:50 +0000 Subject: ipv6: avoid wraparound for expired preferred lifetime Avoid showing wrong high values when the preferred lifetime of an address is expired. Signed-off-by: Jens Rosenboom Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/ipv6') diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 8c1e86afbbf..3883b4036a7 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -3362,7 +3362,10 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa, valid = ifa->valid_lft; if (preferred != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) { long tval = (jiffies - ifa->tstamp)/HZ; - preferred -= tval; + if (preferred > tval) + preferred -= tval; + else + preferred = 0; if (valid != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) valid -= tval; } -- cgit v1.2.3