we had it returning int but had a bug in using the return value properly,
i.e. handling when -1 was returned in RLC TM.
Thinking about it more, it doesn't make sense to have a negative return
value here anyway. Either the RLC can return a PDU or not. If it can't the
returned lenght is zero.
when a small grant is provided it might not be possible to fit a full status
PDU. This is currently detected while packing the PDU.
In order to avoid sending potentiall contradicting status info to the sending
entity, the fix makes sure to only transmit a small PDU acking what really
has been received so far.
This might not be optimal in terms for retx but will not corrupt any
state.
it turned out that a certain order of events can lead to
a RLC transmitter stalling because even though unacknowledged PDUs
are queued, none of them was actually considered for retx.
This can happen if a pollRetxTimer expires for a SN that, meanwhile,
has already been acknowledged. The positive lead to the deletion of
the SN from the Tx window.
The fix makes sure that when a retx for a unexisting SN is requested,
the sender will consider the next unacknowledged SN instead.
general-purpose method for lower layers to signal protocol
failures to higher layers, i.e. RRC.
In the current case, implement a direct release of the UE (enb) or
a reestablishment (UE).
TSAN doesn't work well then threads are created with attributes
thar require root rights but the process is run as normal user.
this patch avoid the thread attributes in this case. TSAN isn't going
to be used for production builds.