Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:21:54 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: SYN_SENT block |
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On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Joaquin Rapela wrote:
> I am not a linux kernel guy. I am running a spider that sometimes gets > blocked for long periods of time. I run a "netstat -nto" and I > observe a socket in state SYS_SENT that seems to be blocked. Its timer > keeps on incrementing. > > Is there any way to avoid this blocking? Is this a bug in the kernel > or something wrong in my TCP/IP configuration/settings.
There's something wrong with the network: Your SYN packet that is to establish the connection to the other machine is never answered by your "victim".
There's nothing you can do about that. Talk to non-firewalled, working machines to prevent that. Possibly try to connect() to several sockets at once (use fork or threads).
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