linux-kernel - Re: [bug] stuck localhost TCP connections, v2.6.26-rc3+

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:39:57 +0300 (EEST)
From:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
To:	"Håkon Løvdal" <hlovdal@...il.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bug] stuck localhost TCP connections, v2.6.26-rc3+

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Håkon Løvdal wrote:

> 2008/6/9 Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>:
> > ...also the one from allfiles.zip is similarily damaged.
> >
> > ...If you don't have an explanation, them it might be time to check
> > your hardware....
>
> I do not have any good explanation (bad memory?). When checking the
> copytest003.capture.bz2 file in the http server storage directory
> I get the same results as you. However I also have the original file
> stored still and comparing them with cmp -l gives
>  20558656 124 104
> so obviously a bit has been flipped.

...Yeah, which is a bad thing because now we don't know if that same error 
causes the TCP stops too.

> I have now replaced the erroneous file with a good copy, so you should 
> be able to download again.

I'll have a look if there's some common denominator but this whole issue 
might well be due to hw failure.


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