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[quicwg/base-drafts] Prevent an unlikely deadlock (#1965)

ianswett <notifications@github.com> Mon, 05 November 2018 07:40 UTC

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QUIC, unlike TCP, allows the connection to get into a situation where there could be packets in flight, and a connection could even be CWND limited, but there may not be any outstanding data to retransmit.

The suggested solution is to send a retransmittable frame.
You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:

  https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/pull/1965

-- Commit Summary --

  * Prevent an unlikely deadlock

-- File Changes --

    M draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md (6)

-- Patch Links --

https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/pull/1965.patch
https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/pull/1965.diff

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