[tipc-discussion] [PATCH net-next 3/3] tipc: redesign connection-level flow control

2016-05-02 Thread Jon Maloy
There are two flow control mechanisms in TIPC; one at link level that handles network congestion, burst control, and retransmission, and one at connection level which' only remaining task is to prevent overflow in the receiving socket buffer. In TIPC, the latter task has to be solved end-to-end bec

[tipc-discussion] [PATCH net-next 3/3] tipc: redesign connection-level flow control

2016-05-02 Thread Jon Maloy
There are two flow control mechanisms in TIPC; one at link level that handles network congestion, burst control, and retransmission, and one at connection level which' only remaining task is to prevent overflow in the receiving socket buffer. In TIPC, the latter task has to be solved end-to-end bec