Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:53:12 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel |
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On Tue, 14 Jun 2016, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Original TCP RFCs tell timeout is infinite ;) > > Practically, conntrack has a 5 days timeout, but I really doubt anyone > expects an idle TCP flow to stay 'alive' when nothing is sent for 5 > days.
So would 37hrs ~= 1.5 days be a reasonable cutoff or will stuff fall apart and people be surprised?
Thanks,
tglx
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