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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [fixed] [patch] Re: [bug] stuck localhost TCP connections,
 v2.6.26-rc3+
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:03:44 -0700 (PDT)
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=46rom: "Ilpo_J=E4rvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 01:01:25 +0300 (EEST)

> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Ilpo J=E4rvinen wrote:
>=20
> > ...I couldn't immediately find anything obviously wrong with those =
changes=20
> > but the patch below might be worth of a try (without the revert of=20
> > course). If it ever spits out that WARN_ON for you, we were playing=
 with=20
> > fire too much and it's better to return on the safe side there...
>=20
>=20
> > [PATCH] tcp DEFER_ACCEPT: see if header prediction got turned on
> >=20
> > If header prediction is turned on under some circumstances,
> > DA can deadlock though I have great trouble in figuring out
>=20
> ...Nah, keepalive timer would then eventually kill it then, so no
> deadlock seems possible through that one.

Keepalive is very long, it might still "seem" like a deadlock for
someone without much patience :-)