[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JGRP-377) TLS: implement OOB handling in UNICAST

TLS: implement OOB handling in UNICAST -------------------------------------- Key: JGRP-377 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP-377 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Feature Request Affects Versions: 2.4 Reporter: Bela Ban Assigned To: Bela Ban Fix For: 2.5 - How are OOB messages handled by UNICAST ? Are these 2 effectively ignoring OOB flags ? Does it make sense to use OOB messages in protocols *above* UNICAST ? Exampe: GMS sending VIEW_ACK messages. Logic in UNICAST: - Receive OOB message, place in receiver table - Pass up the OOB message *immediately*, regardless of whether it is in sequence ! - When message is finally removed, do *NOT* pass it up when marked as OOB ! Example (for UNICAST): - We receive 1, 2, 4(OOB) , 5 - Messages 1 and 2 are delivered and removed from the table (AckReceiverTable) - Message 4 is added to AckReceiverWindow and *delivered* (passed up) - Message 3 is received, added to AckReceiverWindow and delivered - Message 4 is removed, but *not* delivered because it has already been delivered - Message 5 is removed from AckreceiverWindow and delivered This means that if we mark a message as OOB, that message may be delivered out-of-order, e.g. in the above example, the application will get 1, 2, 4, 3, 5 ! Therefore, an application has to think twice before marking a unicast or multicast message as OOB !