netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tipc: fix a link reset issue due to retransmission failures

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:46:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ying.xue@...driver.com
Cc:	jon.maloy@...csson.com, Paul.Gortmaker@...driver.com,
	erik.hugne@...csson.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tipc: fix a link reset issue due to
 retransmission failures

From: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:09:40 +0800

> When a node joins a cluster while we are transmitting a fragment
> stream over the broadcast link, it's missing the preceding fragments
> needed to build a meaningful message. As a result, the node has to
> drop it. However, as the fragment message is not acknowledged to
> its sender before it's dropped, it accidentally causes link reset
> of retransmission failure on the node.
> 
> Reported-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@...csson.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
> Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@...csson.com>
> Tested-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@...csson.com>

Applied.
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