[manet] Re: [Aodvimpl] Deleting packets from the interface queue

["Zhenqiang(Frank) Ye" <zye@cs.ucr.edu>]

Which version are you using?
  In my program it is

      while((pkt = ifqueue->filter(rt->rt_nexthop)))

  The version is ns-2.1b8a.

Frank


On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Riadh Marrakchi wrote:

> Hello,
> i found this line in the recvError function in the aodv implementation
> of ns-2:
>
> // Not sure whether this is the right thing to do
>    Packet *pkt;
>  while((pkt = ifqueue->filter(ih->saddr()))) {
>          drop(pkt, DROP_RTR_MAC_CALLBACK);
>       }
>
>   I think this step is false, because every packet from the queue, which
> has saddr() as a next hop will be deletet without taking into account,
> which (final) destination it has. For example, a data packet can have
> the node sending the error as next hop, but its destination is not one
> of the unreachable destinations in the error message. So with that code
> above this packet will be deleted, although it uses the node forwarding
> the error message only as next hop for a destination which is yet
> reachable.
> I hope i'm not misunderstanding some stuff. If so, just let me know
> please.
> Best regards
> Riadh
>
>
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