Re: [tipc-discussion] [PATCH net-next 1/1] tipc: guarantee order of network events to binding table

2016-04-03 Thread Jon Maloy
Rune, Erik, If my hypothesis is correct, this patch, on top of Erik's two previous ones, should solve the problem we are seeing with dropped name table bindings. I am not completely sure my theory is the right one, and even if it is, it may not be the whole truth. I wonder if there might be some

[tipc-discussion] [PATCH net-next 1/1] tipc: guarantee order of network events to binding table

2016-04-03 Thread Jon Maloy
The binding table needs to be updated when something changes on the network. i.e., when connected nodes and links go up or down. There is no explicit mechanism to guarantee the order of such events, as it has always been assumed that a link or node cannot come back up before all its pertaining