netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] tcp: fix too short FIN

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Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:32:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] tcp: fix too short FIN_WAIT2 time out

From: Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:39:04 +0900

>  		if (tp->linger2 >= 0) {
> -			const int tmo = tcp_fin_time(sk) - TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN;
> -
> -			if (tmo > 0) {
> -				tcp_time_wait(sk, TCP_FIN_WAIT2, tmo);
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> +			tcp_time_wait(sk, TCP_FIN_WAIT2, TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN);
> +			goto out;
>  		}

Well, now you're completely ignoring the user's linger setting.

I really can't take these patches seriously, and will not apply them,
sorry.
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