[Ns-bugs] [Bug 417] New: stack explosion when sending to loopback device

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http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=417

           Summary: stack explosion when sending to loopback device
           Product: ns-3
           Version: pre-release
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: internet-stack
        AssignedTo: ns-bugs at isi.edu
        ReportedBy: mathieu.lacage at sophia.inria.fr
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


If you use the tcp or udp stacks, and attempt to send and receive packets from
the loopback device, you risk getting into a stack explosion. The attached
patch fixes this in a very minimally intrusive way.

(testcase exhibiting the bug and exercising the fix is in the ns-3-simu tree)


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