Re: The dreadful CLOSE_WAIT

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 11:09:50AM +0200, DervishD wrote:
>     tcp_fin_timeout is of no help here, since the server is not stuck
> in FIN_WAIT2, and in addition to this, the connection is not closed,
> that is exactly the problem. tcp_max_orphans refer to TCP connections
> not attached to any user file handle, but a connection in state
> CLOSE_WAIT is still attached to a file handle, to a valid one indeed.
>     A grep in the kernel sources didn't give any useful guide about
> which sysctl parameter will help :((
>     Thanks anyway, William :) Maybe tcp_max_orphans can help, don't
> know.

I'd recommend trying various options and seeing if they help at all.


-- wli
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