more work-in-progress, debugging why things are dropping so often

src/yggdrasil/link.go

@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ type linkInterface struct {
 	stallTimer     *time.Timer // Fires to signal that no incoming traffic (including keep-alive) has been seen
 	closeTimer     *time.Timer // Fires when the link has been idle so long we need to close it
 	isIdle         bool        // True if the peer actor knows the link is idle
-	stalled        bool        // True if we haven't been receiving any response traffic
+	blocked        bool        // True if we've blocked the peer in the switch
-	unstalled      bool        // False if an idle notification to the switch hasn't been sent because we stalled (or are first starting up)
 }
 
 func (l *link) init(c *Core) error {
@@ -235,6 +234,7 @@ func (intf *linkInterface) handler() error {
 		strings.ToUpper(intf.info.linkType), themString, intf.info.local)
 	// Start things
 	go intf.peer.start()
+	intf.Act(nil, intf._notifyIdle)
 	intf.reader.Act(nil, intf.reader._read)
 	// Wait for the reader to finish
 	// TODO find a way to do this without keeping live goroutines around
@@ -344,8 +344,9 @@ func (intf *linkInterface) _cancelStallTimer() {
 // through other links, if alternatives exist
 func (intf *linkInterface) notifyBlockedSend() {
 	intf.Act(nil, func() {
-		if intf.sendTimer != nil {
+		if intf.sendTimer != nil && !intf.blocked {
 			//As far as we know, we're still trying to send, and the timer fired.
+			intf.blocked = true
 			intf.link.core.switchTable.blockPeer(intf, intf.peer.port)
 		}
 	})
@@ -365,25 +366,21 @@ func (intf *linkInterface) notifySent(size int, isLinkTraffic bool) {
 	})
 }
 
-// Notify the switch that we're ready for more traffic, assuming we're not in a stalled state
+// Notify the peer that we're ready for more traffic
 func (intf *linkInterface) _notifyIdle() {
 	if !intf.isIdle {
-		if intf.stalled {
-			intf.unstalled = false
-		} else {
 		intf.isIdle = true
 		intf.peer.Act(intf, intf.peer._handleIdle)
 	}
 }
-}
 
 // Set the peer as stalled, to prevent them from returning to the switch until a read succeeds
 func (intf *linkInterface) notifyStalled() {
 	intf.Act(nil, func() { // Sent from a time.AfterFunc
-		if intf.stallTimer != nil {
+		if intf.stallTimer != nil && !intf.blocked {
 			intf.stallTimer.Stop()
 			intf.stallTimer = nil
-			intf.stalled = true
+			intf.blocked = true
 			intf.link.core.switchTable.blockPeer(intf, intf.peer.port)
 		}
 	})
@@ -406,15 +403,13 @@ func (intf *linkInterface) notifyRead(size int) {
 			intf.stallTimer.Stop()
 			intf.stallTimer = nil
 		}
-		intf.stalled = false
-		if !intf.unstalled {
-			intf._notifyIdle()
-			intf.unstalled = true
-		}
 		if size > 0 && intf.stallTimer == nil {
 			intf.stallTimer = time.AfterFunc(keepAliveTime, intf.notifyDoKeepAlive)
 		}
+		if intf.blocked {
+			intf.blocked = false
 			intf.link.core.switchTable.unblockPeer(intf, intf.peer.port)
+		}
 	})
 }
 

src/yggdrasil/packetqueue.go

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (q *packetQueue) drop() bool {
 	}
 	// Drop the oldest packet from the worst stream
 	packet := worstStream.infos[0].packet
-	if q.size-uint64(len(packet)) < streamMsgSize {
+	if false && q.size-uint64(len(packet)) < streamMsgSize {
 		// TODO something better
 		// We don't want to drop *all* packets, so lets save 1 batch worth...
 		return false

src/yggdrasil/peer.go

@@ -311,12 +311,9 @@ func (p *peer) dropFromQueue(from phony.Actor, seq uint64) {
 		switch {
 		case seq != p.seq:
 		case p.queue.drop():
+			p.core.log.Debugln("DEBUG dropped:", p.port, p.queue.size)
 			p.intf.notifyQueued(p.seq)
 		}
-		if seq != p.seq {
-			return
-		}
-
 	})
 }