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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/tcp.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/tcp.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c index 2cf9a89..d6e4886 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c @@ -1573,14 +1573,12 @@ void tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout) sk_stream_mem_reclaim(sk); - /* As outlined in draft-ietf-tcpimpl-prob-03.txt, section - * 3.10, we send a RST here because data was lost. To - * witness the awful effects of the old behavior of always - * doing a FIN, run an older 2.1.x kernel or 2.0.x, start - * a bulk GET in an FTP client, suspend the process, wait - * for the client to advertise a zero window, then kill -9 - * the FTP client, wheee... Note: timeout is always zero - * in such a case. + /* As outlined in RFC 2525, section 2.17, we send a RST here because + * data was lost. To witness the awful effects of the old behavior of + * always doing a FIN, run an older 2.1.x kernel or 2.0.x, start a bulk + * GET in an FTP client, suspend the process, wait for the client to + * advertise a zero window, then kill -9 the FTP client, wheee... + * Note: timeout is always zero in such a case. */ if (data_was_unread) { /* Unread data was tossed, zap the connection. */ |
