[lwip-devel] Re: 1.3.0

[Andrey Volkov]

Hello Frédéric,

Frédéric BERNON wrote:
> I really would like to got a 1.3.0 release (my feeling is that lwIP release 
> time was too long between 1.2.0 and "1.3.0", of course, there was lot of 
> changes, but in a general way, I would be in favor of shorter release time). 
> But before release it, some records should be closed. Here the full list 
> (hope it will be readable), with MY point of view (it's not like this in the 
> bugtracker).
> 
> TASKS
>  #7421   Implement SO_RCVBUF                                                  
>          1.3.0
>  #7410   Don't include internal headers in api header files                   
>          1.3.0
>  #7244   Add sys_arch_ticks/jiffies in sys_arch                               
>          post-1.3.0
>  #7235   Create timeout framework for NO_SYS=1                                
>          1.3.0
>  #7212   Add Mutex concept in sys_arch                                        
>          post-1.3.0
>  #7040   Work on tcp_enqueue                                                  
>          post-1.3.0
>  #7017   Implement DNS client                                                 
>          1.3.0
>  #7013   Create option to have all packets delivered to netif->output in one 
> piece     post-1.3.0
>  #6995   Implement SO_REUSEADDR                                               
>          post-1.3.0
>  #6969   Review usage of conn->err in netconn layer                           
>          1.3.0
>  #6930   Implement SO_LINGER                                                  
>          post-1.3.0
>  #6881   Create option to leave header fields in host byte order              
>          post-1.3.0
>  #6849   Test how checksum on copy could be integrated into the stack         
>          post-1.3.0
>  #6735   Provide new pbuf type: PBUF_RAM_NOCOPY                               
>          post-1.3.0
>  #6683   Document lwIPs thread safety requirements                            
>          could be closed (doc is an infinite task)
>  #1551   Make ARP more independent of interface hardware type                 
>          post-1.3.0
>  #1549   lwIP function documentation                                          
>          could be closed (doc is an infinite task)
> 
> BUGS
>  #7040   Work on tcp_enqueue
>  #21535  Retransmit Timer in SYN_SENT state                                   
>          post-1.3.0
>  #21494  TCP pcb->mss should be 536 if no MSS option received                 
>          1.3.0
>  #21492  TCP MSS can be larger than MTU                                       
>          post-1.3.0
>  #21491  TCP MSS sent is based on the received MSS option                     
>          1.3.0
>  #21433  Calling mem_free/pbuf_free from interrupt context isn't safe         
>          post-1.3.0
>  #21099  Request getting lost/unanswered in lwip stack [bug #20640]           
>          post-1.3.0 (is it invalid or not?)
>  #21049  Allow reuse of pbufs after return from APIs                          
>          post-1.3.0
>  #20900  Potential crash error problem with netconn_peer & netconn_addr       
>          1.3.0
>  #20779  Keep-Alive and SYNs                                                  
>          post-1.3.0
>  #20515  TCP delayed ack does not work as expected                            
>          post-1.3.0
>  #20511  No persist timer                                                     
>          post-1.3.0
>  #20287  tcp_output_nagle sends too early                                     
>          post-1.3.0
>  #20199  TCP appears to be "Shrinking the Window"                             
>          post-1.3.0
>  #20155  select() with errorfd set                                            
>          post-1.3.0
>  #19927  DHCP NACK problem                                                    
>          post-1.3.0
>  #19699  Bug in SNMP ASN1 decode; submitted patch                             
>          post-1.3.0
>  #13315  PPP PAP authentication can result in erroneous callbacks             
>          post-1.3.0
>  #3031   Implement a new fully pool-based pbuf implementation.                
>          Isn't it done???
> 
> PATCHS
>  #6253   Added csum to struct pbuf.                                           
>          post-1.3.0
>  #5628   #17726 PPP: memory wasting with every reconnection by pppClose/SIG   
>          post-1.3.0
> 

...Snipped....

I don't sure under which category my suggestion come. But I think that
next TASKS/PATCHS also should be added :

  Custom extension to pbuf (aka control block)                  1.3.1
  "Buffered" ip reassembly                                      1.3.1

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Regards
Andrey Volkov