> Linux (2.4.18) places incoming connection requests into the syn_recd state
> when the server's backlog queue is full. I thought they were supposed to be
> discarded if the server's backlog is full, forcing the client to
> subsequently retransmit the request after it times out. Why does linux put
> the server side into the syn_recd state when its backlog is full?
Do you have tcp_syncookies on? And are you exceeding
the len as configured by tcp_max_syn_backlog?
thanks,
Nivedita
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