From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:59:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20091202.005937.177088443.davem@davemloft.net> References: <99d458640911301802i4bde20f4wa314668d543e3170@mail.gmail.com> <4B152F97.1090409@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kdakhane@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter@vger.kernel.org, zbr@ioremap.net To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4B152F97.1090409@gmail.com> Sender: netfilter-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Eric Dumazet Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:00:39 +0100 > [PATCH] tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets This condition would only trigger if the timewait recycling sysctl is enabled. It is off by default, and I can't find any mention in this bug report that it has been turned on.