netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:05:51 -0800
From:	Ashwani Wason <ashwas@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, kdakhane@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter@...r.kernel.org, zbr@...emap.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets

Both reuse and recycle were enabled for this test. (I know because we,
Kapil and I are working together on different aspects of this.)

- Ashwani



On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:59 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:00:39 +0100
>
>> [PATCH] tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets
>
> This condition would only trigger if the timewait recycling sysctl is
> enabled.
>
> It is off by default, and I can't find any mention in this bug report
> that it has been turned on.
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