Re: TCP/PPP bug 2.3.5?

John Hayward-Warburton (linux@billabong.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:54:54 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Rodel T. Viado wrote:
> > When the symptoms occur, network packets are in the
> > 'out' queue for several _minutes_, until the kernel
> > comes around to sending them -- even on an almost
> > empty line this problem occurs!

I get this on all kernels (back into the 2.1... series) in this
configuration: ISDN, HiSax, sync PPP, ix86, egcs-1.1.2,
binutils-2.9.1.0.25 (and many, many previous versions)

What happens is that, after a few hours or days of uptime, outgoing
connections with large amounts of data stall, though other
connections continue OK. Unloading the ISDN and PPP modules, then
reloading them, fixes the problem until the next time it dies.
Haven't seen how long 2.3.4 can last yet.

JHW

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