ah, a perfect example of how a linked list head node must *not* be
treated as a normal node, in net/sctp/associola.c:

        while (1) {
                /* Skip the head. */
                if (pos->next == head)
                        pos = head->next;
                else
                        pos = pos->next;
                ... snip ...

  that makes it painfully obvious -- an infinite linked list iteration
loop, which *explicitly* checks for the head node each time and has to
jump over it to avoid processing it.  i suspect i'll have to write a
decent tutorial on linked lists one of these days.  in my copious free
time. :-)

rday

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