Re: [jgroups-users] Marking a node as suspect from the TCP transport layer

On 28/07/17 14:40, Questions/problems related to using JGroups wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to improve my conceptional understanding of JGroups a bit.
> 
> According to the docs, a node becomes "suspect" if one of the configured 
> failure detection mechanisms kicks in.

Right. Note that this decision might be unilateral

> If an FD doesn't detect a fault for some reason, but a socket connection 
> in the TCP module fails, will the other node get marked as suspect?

No, this is done by FD_SOCK, that's why I recommend both FD_SOCK and 
FD_ALL in the same stack.

We used to have this in TCP as well, but when connectio reaping (closing 
idle conns) was introduced, this feature was removed.

> Thanks,
> 
> Vladimir
> 
> 
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