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tipc: merge link->exec_mode and link->state into one FSM
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Until now, we have been handling link failover and synchronization
by using an additional link state variable, "exec_mode". This variable
is not independent of the link FSM state, something causing a risk of
inconsistencies, apart from the fact that it clutters the code.

The conditions are now in place to define a new link FSM that covers
all existing use cases, including failover and synchronization, and
eliminate the "exec_mode" field altogether. The FSM must also support
non-atomic resetting of links, which will be introduced later.

The new link FSM is shown below, with 7 states and 8 events.
Only events leading to state change are shown as edges.

+------------------------------------+
|RESET_EVT                           |
|                                    |
|                             +--------------+
|           +-----------------|   SYNCHING   |-----------------+
|           |FAILURE_EVT      +--------------+   PEER_RESET_EVT|
|           |                  A            |                  |
|           |                  |            |                  |
|           |                  |            |                  |
|           |                  |SYNCH_      |SYNCH_            |
|           |                  |BEGIN_EVT   |END_EVT           |
|           |                  |            |                  |
|           V                  |            V                  V
|    +-------------+          +--------------+          +------------+
|    |  RESETTING  |<---------|  ESTABLISHED |--------->| PEER_RESET |
|    +-------------+ FAILURE_ +--------------+ PEER_    +------------+
|           |        EVT        |    A         RESET_EVT       |
|           |                   |    |                         |
|           |                   |    |                         |
|           |    +--------------+    |                         |
|  RESET_EVT|    |RESET_EVT          |ESTABLISH_EVT            |
|           |    |                   |                         |
|           |    |                   |                         |
|           V    V                   |                         |
|    +-------------+          +--------------+        RESET_EVT|
+--->|    RESET    |--------->| ESTABLISHING |<----------------+
     +-------------+ PEER_    +--------------+
      |           A  RESET_EVT       |
      |           |                  |
      |           |                  |
      |FAILOVER_  |FAILOVER_         |FAILOVER_
      |BEGIN_EVT  |END_EVT           |BEGIN_EVT
      |           |                  |
      V           |                  |
     +-------------+                 |
     | FAILINGOVER |<----------------+
     +-------------+

These changes are fully backwards compatible.

Tested-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jon Paul Maloy authored and David S. Miller committed Jul 31, 2015
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