Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:51:27 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: TCP Stall |
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 Eric.Schenk@dna.lth.se wrote:
> > "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).
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