Re: [PATCH v6] sctp: Implement quick failover draft from tsvwg

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Thanks all!

David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:18:12 -0400
>
>> Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>I've seen several attempts recently made to do quick failover of sctp
>>>transports
>>>by reducing various retransmit timers and counters.  While its
>possible
>>>to
>>>implement a faster failover on multihomed sctp associations, its not
>>>particularly robust, in that it can lead to unneeded retransmits, as
>>>well as
>>>false connection failures due to intermittent latency on a network.
>>>
>>>Instead, lets implement the new ietf quick failover draft found here:
>>>http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05
>>>
>>>This will let the sctp stack identify transports that have had a
>small
>>>number of
>>>errors, and avoid using them quickly until their reliability can be
>>>re-established.  I've tested this out on two virt guests connected
>via
>>>multiple
>>>isolated virt networks and believe its in compliance with the above
>>>draft and
>>>works well.
>>>
>>>Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ...
>> Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>Applied, thanks everyone.

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