netdev - Re: TCP timewait recycle/reuse for IPv6?

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Message-ID: <47DEADC1.1040908@hp.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:43:29 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Octavian Purdila <opurdila@...acom.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP timewait recycle/reuse for IPv6?

Octavian Purdila wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to prevent getting bind(in6addr_any) failures when we
> have lots of TIMEWAIT sockets hanging around? It looks like timewait
> reuse/recyle is not supported in the IPv6 stack.

What is the definition/value of "lots" here?

rick jones
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