[PD] pd and tcp: what to do against crashes?

[Roman Haefeli]

On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 12:59 -0500, Martin Peach wrote:
> Hi Roman,
> I think it probably comes down to the code not checking for all possible 
> error conditions. 

cool, if it would be as simple as that.

> Under udp you can send as much as you like to 
> nonexistent receivers but tcp needs an active connection.
> Most likely the code is just assuming that everything is working properly.
> It sounds as though data being sent to a client whose connection has 
> just dropped but before it has timed out, will go into nevernever land 
> and the thread will hang.

where is neverneverland?  i mean, in tcp protocol, the receiver has to
confirm, that it received the messages, so i guess, the sender needs to
keep all the messages, that were sent to the vanished client, but were
never confirmed, right? 
 
> It would be nice to have a setup that could reliably reproduce the bug, 
> then it would be much easier to fix. Probably having 2 machines 
> connected and pulling the cable out of one at the right moment should do it.
> Anyway I'll stop speculating now and have a look at the code...

let me try some test setups, though i think one needs to have at least
two computers in order to trigger the problem. it would be just awesome,
if this long-standing issue could be fixed. 

roman


	
		
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