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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 2/3] tcp: Reduce SYN resend delay if a suspicous ACK is received
From:       Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-01-31 22:53:43
Message-ID: 7d36a817-5519-8496-17cf-00eda5ed4ec7 () gmail ! com
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On 1/31/20 2:11 PM, Neal Cardwell wrote:

> I looked into fixing this, but my quick reading of the Linux
> tcp_rcv_state_process() code is that it should behave correctly and
> that a connection in FIN_WAIT_1 that receives a FIN/ACK should move to
> TIME_WAIT.
> 
> SeongJae, do you happen to have a tcpdump trace of the problematic
> sequence where the "process A" ends up in FIN_WAIT_2 when it should be
> in TIME_WAIT?
> 
> If I have time I will try to construct a packetdrill case to verify
> the behavior in this case.

Unfortunately you wont be able to reproduce the issue with packetdrill,
since it involved packets being processed at the same time (race window)

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