<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'm planning on using the reorder buffer and been running a few tests on it in a small test program.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">One scenario is that a few packets are sent to the buffer in order; for example seq # 1 2 3.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">then the next batch miss a seq #. the next batch has seq # 5 6 7.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">upon a drain, packets 1, 2, 3 come out but the reorder buffer holds on to 5 6 7 and they never come out. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I think if more packets are sent to the reorder buffer, at some point the seq # exceeds the top of the window and packets 5, 6, ... start to come out.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">But if no packets are sent, 5, 6, 7 are stuck.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Is what I'm seeing the expected behavior?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If so, I believe there needs to be a time out feature implemented in the reorder to skip over missing packets in order to keep things moving.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Is there a way to get some feedback from folks who implemented this feature?<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></body></html>