netdev - Re: strange tcp behavior

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Message-ID: <20070803115624.GD5727@2ka.mipt.ru>
Date:	Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:56:25 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	john@...een.lv, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: strange tcp behavior

On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 12:21:46PM +0100, Simon Arlott (simon@...e.lp0.eu) wrote:
> Since the connection is considered closed, couldn't another socket re-use it?
> 
> Socket A: Recv data (unread)
> Socket A: Recv RST
> Socket B: Reuses connection (same IPs/ports)
> Socket A: Close
> 
> Wouldn't that disrupt socket B's use of the connection?

Then it will drop our data, since there were no appropriate handhsake.

> -- 
> Simon Arlott

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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