netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: fix premature termination of FIN

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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:47:05 +0300
From:	Octavian Purdila <opurdila@...acom.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: fix premature termination of FIN_WAIT2 time-wait sockets

On Saturday 15 August 2009 03:39:12 Octavian Purdila wrote:

> NOTE: this issue has been found, fixed and tested on an ancient 2.6.7
> kernel. This patch is a blind port of that fix, since unfortunately there
> is no easy way for me to reproduce the original issue with a newer kernel.
> But the issue still seems to be there.

Update: I was able to reproduce the issue on a 2.6.30 debian kernel with the 
attached test. It took me about 10 runs of 2-5 mins each to reproduce it 
(multiple runs to keep the capture file reasonable in terms of size).

tavi

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