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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-04-30 08:14:42 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-04-30 08:14:42 -0700
commit152a6a9da1bd3ed5dcbbf6ff17c7ebde0eb9a754 (patch)
treecad354802870b7d4bc0402a6a6da44bd1f610bc6 /net/ipv4/tcp.c
parentcd9bb7e7367c03400d6e918fd3502820fc3b9084 (diff)
parent80787ebc2bbd8e675d8b9ff8cfa40f15134feebe (diff)
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (21 commits) [IPV4] SNMP: Support OutMcastPkts and OutBcastPkts [IPV4] SNMP: Support InMcastPkts and InBcastPkts [IPV4] SNMP: Support InTruncatedPkts [IPV4] SNMP: Support InNoRoutes [SNMP]: Add definitions for {In,Out}BcastPkts [TCP] FRTO: RFC4138 allows Nagle override when new data must be sent [TCP] FRTO: Delay skb available check until it's mandatory [XFRM]: Restrict upper layer information by bundle. [TCP]: Catch skb with S+L bugs earlier [PATCH] INET : IPV4 UDP lookups converted to a 2 pass algo [L2TP]: Add the ability to autoload a pppox protocol module. [SKB]: Introduce skb_queue_walk_safe() [AF_IUCV/IUCV]: smp_call_function deadlock [IPV6]: Fix slab corruption running ip6sic [TCP]: Update references in two old comments [XFRM]: Export SPD info [IPV6]: Track device renames in snmp6. [SCTP]: Fix sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old() to use local storage. [NET]: Remove NETIF_F_INTERNAL_STATS, default to internal stats. [NETPOLL]: Remove CONFIG_NETPOLL_RX ...
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/tcp.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp.c14
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 2cf9a898ce5..d6e48866817 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. */