netdev - Re: TCP 2MSL on loopback

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Date:	Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:36:35 -0800
From:	Howard Chu <hyc@...as.com>
To:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
CC:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP 2MSL on loopback

Rick Jones wrote:
> The timeout is also to cover datagrams which just got "stuck" somewhere 
> too (IIRC) and may not necessarily require a multiple path situation.

I guess that's a fair point. Originally, the only possible place for a
packet to get "stuck" was in a router but I suppose that may no longer
be true.

> True.  Thankfully, the web learned to use persistent connections so 
> later versions of SPECweb benchmarking make use of persistent connections.

As a complete aside, I think it's about time for a SPECldap benchmark...
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