Messages in this thread | | | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:05:02 -0700 | Subject | Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel |
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: > 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? >
It seems very reasonable to me at least.
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