From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: David Osojnik <dworf@siol.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tcp_mem problem
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 22:26:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010520222610.A25477@gruyere.muc.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01052019331500.00946@cool>
In-Reply-To: <01052019331500.00946@cool>; from dworf@siol.net on Sun, May 20, 2001 at 07:33:15PM +0200
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 07:33:15PM +0200, David Osojnik wrote:
> the system with problem is using kernel 2.4.2 on an P200 with 64mb ram. It
> has about 20 users that use the box... (ftp, telnet, lynx, bitchx,...).
>
> the problem is when the parameter tcp_mem HIGH gets exeded after about a day
> of use! Then the box is going from the net and its not awailable. I tried to
> tune the system with adding more in proc tcp_mem but the problem is still
> there the box only lasts for bout 2h longer.
>
> and i get this in messages
>
> kernel: TCP: too many of orphaned sockets
>
> It looks like my system is not droping closed sockets?
You can check by using netstat -tan
Normally the message is harmless; when it happens the closed sockets are
RST instead of being closed properly.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-20 20:27 UTC|newest]
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2001-05-20 17:33 David Osojnik
2001-05-20 20:26 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2001-05-20 20:50 ` David Osojnik
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