* TCP_LINGER2 TIME_WAIT @ 2007-09-13 3:54 Reza Roboubi 2007-09-13 9:43 ` Andi Kleen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Reza Roboubi @ 2007-09-13 3:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Linux Kernel Mailing List man 7 tcp says TCP_LINGER2 sets the lifetime of orphaned FIN_WAIT2 state sockets. What about wanting to forcibly kill a "rotten" TCP socket in any other "WAIT" state like TIME_WAIT? Thanks. Reza. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: TCP_LINGER2 TIME_WAIT 2007-09-13 3:54 TCP_LINGER2 TIME_WAIT Reza Roboubi @ 2007-09-13 9:43 ` Andi Kleen 2007-09-13 16:08 ` Reza Roboubi 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Andi Kleen @ 2007-09-13 9:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Reza Roboubi; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Reza Roboubi <reza@parvan.net> writes: > man 7 tcp says TCP_LINGER2 sets the lifetime of orphaned FIN_WAIT2 state > sockets. What about wanting to forcibly kill a "rotten" TCP socket in > any other "WAIT" state like TIME_WAIT? The whole point of TIME-WAIT is catching old packets still in network. Killing it early would avoid its purpose. -Andi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: TCP_LINGER2 TIME_WAIT 2007-09-13 9:43 ` Andi Kleen @ 2007-09-13 16:08 ` Reza Roboubi 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Reza Roboubi @ 2007-09-13 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Andi Kleen, Linux Kernel Mailing List Andi Kleen wrote: > Reza Roboubi <reza@parvan.net> writes: > >> man 7 tcp says TCP_LINGER2 sets the lifetime of orphaned FIN_WAIT2 state >> sockets. What about wanting to forcibly kill a "rotten" TCP socket in >> any other "WAIT" state like TIME_WAIT? > > The whole point of TIME-WAIT is catching old packets still in network. > Killing it early would avoid its purpose. tcp_max_tw_buckets does exactly that system wide, and for good reason. Why not give userspace oversight over the process? Reza. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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