I recently started using the 2.2.18pre series because of instability
with the 2.2.16 kernel, although the 2.2.18pre17 I am using is much more
stable, I did notice one problem, although to be honest i have not
tested this on an older kernel.
I want to use rdate -s to keep my machines in time sync with my file
server, all running the 2.2.18pre17 kernel, but when I did this I
noticed that all of the connections from rdate to the file server left
the connection in CLOSE_WAIT, and even after days the connections
remained so. A netstat -e shows that there is one byte left in the
queue:
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address
State User Inode
tcp 0 0 router.home.pc:ssh mutt.home.pc:1023
ESTABLISHED root 4817
tcp 1 0 router.home.pc:time mutt.home.pc:1036
CLOSE_WAIT root 4816
This looks like a DOS to me if it happens when any bad client connects
and disconnects and data is left in the queues.
I hope this is the appropriate mailing list for this problem, I do find
the MAINTAINERS file hard to read sometimes.
I do have a spare machine I can regression test if that would be
helpful.
-Shawn
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