Connections in the CLOSED state [was: nfe(4) strangeness on the 7-CURRENT]

[Eygene Ryabinkin]

Andre, good day.

Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 07:15:32PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> >Just checked my netstat output and spotted weird lines:
> >-----
> >tcp4       0      0  127.0.0.1.*            127.0.0.1.40001        CLOSED
> >tcp4       0      0  127.0.0.1.*            127.0.0.1.40001        CLOSED
> >-----
> >Can they be related to the bug you mentioned?
> 
> Yes, this looks related.  Do these line stick around or do they go
> away after some time?

They are staying with the listener virtually forever.  But they are
disappearing with the listener exit.
-- 
Eygene