Re: [tipc-discussion] Link level packet loss

[Ying X. <yin...@wi...>]

Erik Hugne wrote:
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>> Reseting link is not a good idea. If we are not in the worst case, we
>> definitely don't do that.
> This is actually a worst case.
> We have dropped packets that are already acked before they are 
> delivered to user (all frags have not been received yet) we cannot 
> recover from this situation.
>
>> I also cannot understand why link_check_defragm_bufs() is used. We
>> should not flush acked packets in general except that its link will be
>> reset.
>>
>
> Either we have to reset the link, or we remove the checking of stale 
> defragm_bufs.
>

It's better to remove the checking.  When link is reset as the number of 
link timeout reaches its abort limit, the defragm_bufs will be purged. 
So it's unnecessary to check defragm_bufs periodically.


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