Re: [tipc-discussion] Link level packet loss

[Jon M. <ma...@do...>]

On 11/01/2012 07:24 AM, Erik Hugne wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> Yes, it should be safe to remove it.
> Jon, do you agree?
Yes, I agree. I think it was put there during one of the attempts to
introduce multi-cluster systems, where packets may be routed,
reordered or lost without necessarily forcing a reset of the
the link. Clearly, we forgot to remove it when that effort
was abandoned.

///jon