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SubjectRe: TCP Stall
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 Eric.Schenk@dna.lth.se wrote:

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> "Richard B. Johnson" <root@analogic.com> writes:
> >Well... the patch was against 2.0.30 and I'm using 2.1.29 so it didn't
> >come close enough to fix.
>
> I would be very surprised if this patch applied to 2.1.29. The patch
> fixes an obscure routing problem that can cause a extreme pauses
> in the TCP layer, and the entire routing layer has been rewritten in
> the 2.1.X kernels. In any case, the same problem is still present in the
> 2.1.X kernels, although it's quite a bit harder to set up the circumstances
> for the problem in 2.1.X, and the impact is lower. In any case, this
> will eventually make its way into 2.1.X, I just need to discuss the
> details of the correct fix with Alexy Kuznetsov.

Thanks.
>
> It will probably be a couple of weeks before we manage to really shake
> the problems out of the 2.1.X kernel. We need to get 2.0.30 stable and
> out first.

Thanks, I might be able to help out a bit. Just send me private email.
Once Alexy finds the place in his code that something could get "lost",
I can hack something up as a start if you want. I have snoop on a local
net and its easier to work with than tcpdump (shows more information).



Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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