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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/2] batman-adv: Use own timer for
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:38:32PM +0200, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> Instead of latching onto the OGM period, this patch introduces a worker
> dedicated to multicast TT and TVLV updates.
> 
> The reasoning is, that upon roaming especially the translation table
> should be updated timely to minimize connectivity issues.
> 
> With BATMAN V, the idea is to greatly increase the OGM interval to
> reduce overhead. Unfortunately, right now this could lead to
> a bad user experience if multicast traffic is involved.
> 
> Therefore this patch introduces a fixed 500ms update interval for
> multicast TT entries and the multicast TVLV.

PS: And as a side-effect, removes the funny locking dependency
with the TT commit lock. Had still been nagging me, this tight
coupling between MC and TT.