'node_timeout' and some other functions can remove a smf_sess_t
while that session is still waiting for a PFCP reply
and has an active PFCP xact.
In this case, xact->data points to the deleted session
and xact's timeout function (sess_5gc_timeout for example)
eventually refers to this already freed session.
This fix prevents duplicate deletes from occurring by checking to see
if the session context has already been deleted when the timeout occurs.
Additionally, it moves session deletions out of timer callbacks into
state machine by reselect_upf().
Due to the way 'ogs_timer_mgr_expire' calls timer callbacks,
one must not stop or expire timers from within a timer callback.
And now one must not remove sessions from within a timer callback.
TS23.007 17.4.1
19A PFCP based restart procedures
After a PFCP entity has restarted, it shall immediately update all local Recovery Time Stamps and shall clear all remote
Recovery Time Stamps. When peer PFCP entities information is available, i.e. when the PFCP Association is still alive,
the restarted PFCP entity shall send its updated Recovery Time Stamps in a Heartbeat Request message to the peer
PFCP entities before initiating any PFCP session signalling.
A problem occurred when there was one SGWU/UPF and multiple SGWC/SMF.
When SGWU and UPF create a session, if the SEID is the same,
the existing session information is used without creating an additional session.
These problems were solved by using the F-SEID including IP information
in the process of checking the existing session.
- Set the number of UEs in units of AMF/MME instead of gNB/eNB.
- See default value as shown below
Number of UEs per AMF/MME : 4,096
Number of gNB/eNB per AMF/MME : 32
Sukchan Lee
Spencer Sevilla
Pau Espin