ETIMEDOUT bug

Alexander Motin mav at alkar.net
Fri Feb 2 15:01:11 UTC 2007


Dave Baukus wrote:
> There is a bug  tcp_output() for at least freeBSD6.1
> that causes a perfectly good TCP to be dropped by its
> retransmit timer; the application receives ETIMEDOUT.

> This ETIMEDOUT problem is easily recreated on any old machine
> using a single slow ethernet device and the ttcp test utility.

The same problem is noticed on PPTP links in discussion "ng_pptpgre 
problems: tcp connections reset unexpectedly". There ENOBUFS is 
initiated by congestion control of ng_pptpgre node. Other symptoms are 
the same.

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Alexander Motin mav at alkar.net
Optima Telecom


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