Re: SO_LINGER patch for 2.2.15

From: Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2000 - 12:36:05 EST

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    stevek@SteveK.COM (Steve Kann) writes:

    > Hello, kernel-ites:
    >
    > I mentioned this in an earlier message titled "kernel blocks too
    > long with SO_LINGER", and since that time I did some investigation, and
    > have come to the conclusion that there is an error in the 2.2 kernel.

    There is never any "indefinate" block on close, because the retransmission
    timer for the FIN will kill (and wakeup) the sock after some time.

    IMHO the behaviour is correct, otherwise the application could not be
    sure that really all data has reached the other end. This way you are
    guaranteed to get a error return when data is lost.

    -Andi 

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