RE: [PATCH 0/3] Fix reconnection latency caused by FIN/ACK handling race

[David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>]

From: sjpark@amazon.com
> Sent: 31 January 2020 12:24
...
> The acks in lines 6 and 8 are the acks.  If the line 8 packet is
> processed before the line 6 packet, it will be just ignored as it is not
> a expected packet, and the later process of the line 6 packet will
> change the status of Process A to FIN_WAIT_2, but as it has already
> handled line 8 packet, it will not go to TIME_WAIT and thus will not
> send the line 10 packet to Process B.  Thus, Process B will left in
> CLOSE_WAIT status, as below.
> 
> 	 00 (Process A)				(Process B)
> 	 01 ESTABLISHED				ESTABLISHED
> 	 02 close()
> 	 03 FIN_WAIT_1
> 	 04 		---FIN-->
> 	 05 					CLOSE_WAIT
> 	 06 				(<--ACK---)
> 	 07	  			(<--FIN/ACK---)
> 	 08 				(fired in right order)
> 	 09 		<--FIN/ACK---
> 	 10 		<--ACK---
> 	 11 		(processed in reverse order)
> 	 12 FIN_WAIT_2

Why doesn't A treat the FIN/ACK (09) as valid (as if
the ACK had got lost) and then ignore the ACK (10) because
it refers to a closed socket?

I presume that B sends two ACKs (06 and 07) because it can
sit in an intermediate state and the first ACK stops the FIN
being resent?

I've implemented lots of protocols in my time, but not TCP.

	David

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