netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] tcp: Wrong timeout for SYN segments

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Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:15:23 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Alex Bergmann <alex@...lab.net>
Cc:	"H.K. Jerry Chu" <hkjerry.chu@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tcp: Wrong timeout for SYN segments

On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 13:58 +0200, Alex Bergmann wrote:
> On 08/22/2012 06:41 PM, H.K. Jerry Chu wrote:

> > This issue occurred to me right after I submitted the patch for RFC6298.
> > I did not commit any more change because RFC compliance aside, 180secs
> > just seem like eternity in the Internet age.
> >
> > (See my past post on this at
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130759078118866&w=2)
> 
> Okay, I missed that post during my search about the current situation.

I would suggest to increase TCP_SYN_RETRIES from 5 to 6.

180 secs is eternity, but 31 secs is too small.

Can you repost a v2, only changing TCP_SYN_RETRIES ?



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