Re: TCP_LINGER2 TIME_WAIT

[Reza Roboubi]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Reza Roboubi <reza@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > man 7 tcp says TCP_LINGER2 sets the lifetime of orphaned FIN_WAIT2 state
> > sockets.  What about wanting to forcibly kill a "rotten" TCP socket in
> > any other "WAIT" state like TIME_WAIT?
>
> The whole point of TIME-WAIT is catching old packets still in network.
> Killing it early would avoid its purpose.

tcp_max_tw_buckets does exactly that system wide, and for good reason. 
Why not give userspace oversight over the process?

Reza.
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