netdev - Re: Treason uncloaked spams syslog with latest git

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Date:	Fri, 7 Mar 2008 20:52:03 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Treason uncloaked spams syslog with latest git

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:47:12 +0100 (CET)
> > Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > Since I updated one of my compile boxen to latest git I get the syslog
> > > flooded with:
> > > 
> > > TCP: Treason uncloaked! Peer 192.168.0.1:10245/56637 shrinks window
> > > 2748077551:2748080447. Repaired.
> > > TCP: Treason uncloaked! Peer 192.168.0.68:10245/39915 shrinks window
> > > 2890195332:2890201124. Repaired.
> > > TCP: Treason uncloaked! Peer 192.168.0.65:10245/46058 shrinks window
> > > 2880740873:2880745217. Repaired.
> > > 
> > > This happens _always_ when I compile kernels with distcc or icecc. All
> > > systems involved run Linux with kernels >= 2.6.23 and are on the same
> > > network; no routers, firewalls or other fancy stuff.
> > > 
> > > Any idea what's going on here ?
> > > 
> > 
> > (cc netdev)
> 
> Could you tcpdump it?

Will do.
 
> I'm not sure which party was updated to git and on which host(s) you do 
> see them?

The compile machine was updated and I see the messages on that
machine. No such messages on any machine.

Thanks,
	tglx