netdev - Re: Bug? TCP shutdown behaviour when deleting local IP addresses

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Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:09:04 +0200
From:	Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk>
To:	Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@....pp.se>
Cc:	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: Re: Bug?  TCP shutdown behaviour when deleting local IP addresses

Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@....pp.se> writes:

> Would you mind if it was user configurable?

No, I would not mind. But I am the wrong person to ask that question, I
do not have to deal with supporting configuration options.

> Would you mind if the TCP retransmit timers were severely lowered upon
> reconnection so your TCP sessions started working quicker? Or you
> don't see this problem at all?

I would not mind that at all. I do not particularly recall seeing the
problem, but that sounds like a great idea.


/Benny
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