Re: Linux v2.6.16-rc6

Lee Revell
2006-03-12T03:35:12Z

On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 21:28 -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> said:
> >> TCP: Treason uncloaked! Peer 82.113.55.2:11759/50967 shrinks window
> >> 148470938:148470943. Repaired.
> >
> >It is a problem with the remote TCP implementation, it is
> >illegally advertising a smaller window that it previously
> >did.
>
> Is this something that should be logged though? I get these messages
> all the time on my mirror server. It isn't like I can do anything about
> it. If Linux is generous in what it accepts and can handle it, what is
> the logged error for?

I have been seeing these since the 2.4 era (possibly 2.2).

Unless this is something that just started with 2.6.15-rc6 then it's OT
for this thread.

Lee