[PATCH 7/7] afs: check for duplicate servers in VL server list
From: David Howells
Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 04:33:14 EST
From: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
The DNS response may contain the same server more than once. Check for
duplicates by name and port before inserting into the list to avoid
duplicate entries.
Addresses the TODO comment in afs_extract_vlserver_list().
Signed-off-by: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/afs/vl_list.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/afs/vl_list.c b/fs/afs/vl_list.c
index 003889cf0f18..8e1cf6cdcf71 100644
--- a/fs/afs/vl_list.c
+++ b/fs/afs/vl_list.c
@@ -289,8 +289,20 @@ struct afs_vlserver_list *afs_extract_vlserver_list(struct afs_cell *cell,
afs_put_addrlist(old, afs_alist_trace_put_vlserver_old);
}
+ /* Check for duplicates in the server list */
+ for (j = 0; j < vllist->nr_servers; j++) {
+ struct afs_vlserver *s = vllist->servers[j].server;
- /* TODO: Might want to check for duplicates */
+ if (s->name_len == server->name_len &&
+ s->port == server->port &&
+ strncasecmp(s->name, server->name, server->name_len) == 0) {
+ afs_put_vlserver(cell->net, server);
+ server = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!server)
+ continue;
/* Insertion-sort by priority and weight */
for (j = 0; j < vllist->nr_servers; j++) {