[zeromq-dev] zeromq / pub sub lost messages

[Philippe Guibert]

Hi all,

I am using zeromq 4.1.3 version through PUB/SUB operation.
Some information about the way it is implemented:
- It uses one single PUB application, and single SUB application, in
separate process.
- Underlying Transport layer is IPC ( I am on the same machine).
- I checked that subscription is done far before the first publication
message is sent.
- Message carried are 120 byte size.
- I use zmq_msg_recv() in reception and zmq_msg_send() in transmission.
- I check for return code on both sides.

I have one PUB application that sends several thousand of messages per
second, and I expect that the SUB application will receive all messages.

The observation is that while the publisher sends 15000 messages, the
subscriber can receive sometimes 15000, but other times 14750, or 11000. It
does not seem to be deterministic.

I have no error codes related to the zmq_msg_recv() or zmq_msg_send() API.

Do you have any suggestions to give on how to handle that issue ?
Do you suggest to use pgm protocol instead of ipc ?
Are there any tracked issues related to that issue described ?

Thanks in advance for any suggestion,

Best Regards,

Philippe
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