Re: [fixed] [patch] Re: [bug] stuck localhost TCP connections,v2.6.26-rc3+

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Tue Jun 03 2008 - 18:01:41 EST


On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:

> ...I couldn't immediately find anything obviously wrong with those changes
> but the patch below might be worth of a try (without the revert of
> course). If it ever spits out that WARN_ON for you, we were playing with
> fire too much and it's better to return on the safe side there...


> [PATCH] tcp DEFER_ACCEPT: see if header prediction got turned on
>
> If header prediction is turned on under some circumstances,
> DA can deadlock though I have great trouble in figuring out

...Nah, keepalive timer would then eventually kill it then, so no
deadlock seems possible through that one.

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i.