netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] l2tp: fix reorder timeout recovery

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 23:27:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jchapman@...alix.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] l2tp: fix reorder timeout recovery

From: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:43:08 +0100

> When L2TP data packet reordering is enabled, packets are held in a
> queue while waiting for out-of-sequence packets. If a packet gets
> lost, packets will be held until the reorder timeout expires, when we
> are supposed to then advance to the sequence number of the next packet
> but we don't currently do so. As a result, the data channel is stuck
> because we are waiting for a packet that will never arrive - all
> packets age out and none are passed.
> 
> The fix is to add a flag to the session context, which is set when the
> reorder timeout expires and tells the receive code to reset the next
> expected sequence number to that of the next packet in the queue.
> 
> Tested in a production L2TP network with Starent and Nortel L2TP gear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>

Applied, but reorder_skip should really be a 'bool'.
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