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Date:      Fri, 8 Sep 2006 19:48:24 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_subr.c
Message-ID:  <20060908154824.GK40020@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060908100034.M18039@odysseus.silby.com>
References:  <200609081309.k88D9GCQ077401@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060908100034.M18039@odysseus.silby.com>

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On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 10:04:03AM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:
M> > FreeBSD src repository
M> >
M> > Modified files:
M> >   sys/netinet          tcp_subr.c
M> > Log:
M> > Add a sysctl net.inet.tcp.nolocaltimewait that allows to suppress
M> > creating a compress TIME WAIT states, if both connection endpoints
M> > are local. Default is off.
M> 
M> Does this change restore non-compressed TIME_WAIT sockets for local 
M> connections, or does it stop creating TIME_WAIT sockets entirely in that 
M> case?  It's unclear from your wording.

It stops creating any state (nor socket neither compressed tcptw) for the
TCP connection, where both endpoints were local. This save a lot of
resources on servers running HTTP accelerators, or database servers+clients.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE



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