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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:42:31 +0200 From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org> To: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@...il.com> Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: RFC: configurable tcp timewait timeout sysctl kernel knob ? On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 08:59:54AM -0700, Vincent Li wrote: > there is sysctl tcp_fin_timeout to tune FIN_WAIT2 timeout, I couldn't > find a sysctl to tune TIME_WAIT timeout and it is hard coded to 60 > seconds, we have a situation we need to either reduce the timewait > timeout value or recycle the timewait socket that is to use > tcp_tw_recycle and tcp_tw_reuse, is a sysctl to tune timewait value > good idea or bad idea that no one bothered to write one? > > I have a dirty hack patch to do that, but I think it may be broken > to screw something I couldn't think of. This topic pops up from time to time. Until now David Miller (rightfully) rejected such a patch: <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/244411/> Greetings, Hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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