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  1. JGroups
  2. JGRP-1588

Unicast bundling breaks MERGE3 with TCP transport

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • Major
    • 3.2.8, 3.3
    • 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.3
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      I'll take a look. Note that MERGE3 is not supposed to be used with a TCP transport (see https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1387)

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      I'll take a look. Note that MERGE3 is not supposed to be used with a TCP transport (see https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1387 )

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      Start with two sub-groups [A] and [B,C].

      What's supposed to happen is that MERGE3 sends INFO messages around that get seen by everyone, and then since there's more than one view out there it can figure out that a merge is required.

      What actually happens is that INFO messages from A are seen only by A, and INFO messages from B and C are seen only by B and C. So no-one sees that a merge is required.

      I think that this is related to the code in TP.java that goes:

              if(dest instanceof PhysicalAddress) {
                  // We can modify the message because it won't get retransmitted. The only time we have a physical address
                  // as dest is when TCPPING sends the initial discovery requests to initial_hosts: this is below UNICAST,
                  // so no retransmission
                  msg.setDest(null);
              }
      

      Contrary to that comment, MERGE3's INFO messages use a physical address as dest. So we execute this code. Then I think that what happens is that by the time the bundler gets to sending these INFO messages, it thinks they're broadcast message. If you have a TCP transport that means that they are sent only to those members that are already in your group - which misses the point altogether.

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            rhn-engineering-bban Bela Ban
            dimbleby David Hotham (Inactive)
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