tipc: Enhance sending of bulk name table messages
authorAllan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Tue, 31 May 2011 17:38:02 +0000 (13:38 -0400)
committerPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:55:10 +0000 (22:55 -0400)
commit9aa88c2a509e11e6efc466c88b386e0e01bef731
treef7c42275e74229143ac9badcb78da5f3037fe118
parent1c553bb52eb4c58333a843c0a5888d2329909f62
tipc: Enhance sending of bulk name table messages

Modifies the initial transfer of name table entries to a new neighboring
node so that the messages are enqueued as a unit, rather than individually.

The revised algorithm now locates the link carrying the message only once,
and eliminates unnecessary checks for link congestion, message fragmentation,
and message bundling that are not required when sending these messages.

Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
net/tipc/link.c
net/tipc/link.h
net/tipc/name_distr.c