Re: question about linux tcp request queue handling

Paul Albrecht (palbrecht@qwest.net)
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 16:30:47 -0700


Nivedita Singhvi writes:

>
> Again, youre limiting the number of connnection requests
> that are allowed to wait in the *accept* queue, where
> we move to once we're ESTABLISHED. You arent limiting
> a request sitting in the SYN queue.
>

This statement is inconsistent with the description of this scenario in
Steven's TCP/IP Illustrated. Specifically, continuing the handshake in the
TCP layer, i.e., sending a syn/ack and moving to the syn_recd state, is
incorrect if the limit of the server's socket backlog would be exceeded.
How do you account for this discrepancy between linux and other
berkeley-derived implementations?

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