[e2e] Flow Control in IP, Deadlocks in Routing Protocols.
Detlef Bosau
detlef.bosau at web.de
Sun Mar 25 11:04:02 PDT 2012
On 03/25/2012 05:58 PM, Daniel Havey wrote:
> Perhaps it does, depends on context. If the overlay protocol performs it's own flow control then there could be deadlock.
I will have a closer look on the paper, hower: to my understanding, it
doesn't.
> So we have 2 messages each waiting for the other to complete. If the overlay refuses to send the message down the stack until the other message is completed then we could get a deadlock.
Of course. However, if we set up an overlay above the Internet, we
should be extremely careful to introduce mechanisms which may cause
deadlocks....
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