netdev - Re: TCP: orphans broken by RFC 2525 #2.17

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Date:	Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:08:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	w@....eu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP: orphans broken by RFC 2525 #2.17

From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:54:40 +0200

> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 03:38:32PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
>> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:34:48 +0200
>> 
>> > I don't see what is being violated nor what reliability has been
>> > compromised.
>> 
>> The TCP protcol's obligation to reliably deliver data between
>> two applications, that is what has been violated.
> 
> Once again, I don't see why, due to the orphans mechanism. Please
> consider for a minute that the application-level close() is distinct
> from the protocol-level close. The application-level close() just
> instructs the lower layer to turn the connection into an orphan.

A close() is equivalent to a shutdown() with both the send and
receive masks set.

You are telling TCP that you expect no more data to be received.
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