Re: TCP Stall

Ion Badulescu (ionut@moisil.wal.rhno.columbia.edu)
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 05:23:47 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, David S. Miller wrote:

> There were two sets of bug reports for 2.0.29 and pre2.0.30, one dealt
> with the TCP logic incorrectly setting the window to zero when it
> should not have, the other was with incorrect Nagle and partial packet
> handling.

Okay, here's a third type. :) Pre-2.0.30 (yours) keeps dropping an
idle rlogin connection from a sparc running solaris, usually after being
idle for about 5-6 hours. It doesn't happen with an ssh connection from
the same machine (probably because of keep_alive), it also doesn't happen
with 2.0.29. The only difference between the two are the SYN and RST
cookies I compiled in for 2.0.30.

Ionut

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