From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next 1/1] tipc: improve broadcast retransmission algorithm Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 09:58:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20181111.095804.342710242573733767.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1541877830-24131-1-git-send-email-jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gordan.mihaljevic@dektech.com.au, tung.q.nguyen@dektech.com.au, hoang.h.le@dektech.com.au, jon.maloy@ericsson.com, maloy@donjonn.com, xinl@redhat.com, ying.xue@windriver.com, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net, canh.d.luu@dektech.com.au To: donmalo99@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:37568 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729274AbeKLDrR (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Nov 2018 22:47:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1541877830-24131-1-git-send-email-jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jon Maloy Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:23:50 -0500 > From: LUU Duc Canh > > Currently, the broadcast retransmission algorithm is using the > 'prev_retr' field in struct tipc_link to time stamp the latest broadcast > retransmission occasion. This helps to restrict retransmission of > individual broadcast packets to max once per 10 milliseconds, even > though all other criteria for retransmission are met. > > We now move this time stamp to the control block of each individual > packet, and remove other limiting criteria. This simplifies the > retransmission algorithm, and eliminates any risk of logical errors > in selecting which packets can be retransmitted. > > Acked-by: Ying Xue > Signed-off-by: LUU Duc Canh > Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Applied.