netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] tcp: introduce tcp_tw_interval to specifiy the time of TIME-WAIT

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Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:02:22 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
CC:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] tcp: introduce tcp_tw_interval to specifiy
 the time of TIME-WAIT

On 09/27/2012 07:23 AM, Neil Horman wrote:
> The code looks fine, but the idea really doesn't seem like a good plan to me.
> I'm sure HPUX/Solaris/AIX/etc have done this in response to customer demand, but
> that doesn't make it the right solution.

In the case of HP-UX at least, while the rope is indeed there, the 
advice is to not wrap it around one's neck unless one *really* has a 
handle on the environment.  Instead things suggested, in no particular 
order:

*) The aforementioned SO_REUSEADDR to address the "I can't restart the 
server quickly enough." issue

*) Tuning the size of the anonymous/ephemeral port range.

*) Making explicit bind() calls using the entire non-privileged port range

*) Making the connections longer-lived.  Especially if the comms are 
between a fixed set of IP addresses.

rick jones
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