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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:20:32 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de> To: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> cc: James Nichols <jamesnichols3@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: After many hours all outbound connections get stuck in SYN_SENT On Dec 18 2007 21:37, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > If turning off tcp_sack makes the problem go away, why dont you > turn it off all the time ? > That would just be workaround. I welcome the efforts to track this; not all users have the time to do so. Disabling tcp_sack also disabled it kernel-wide, which, well... for 2.6.25 there is a TCPOPTSTRIP netfilter target slated with which SACK could be stripped only for a given host list or processes from a UID. -- 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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