From: Chuck Murcko Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 21:07:08 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add reference to FIN_WAIT_2 behavior, and pointer to patch. X-Git-Tag: APACHE_1_2b3~3 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f65a67473094f72f344315042a0b97b2808be377;p=apache Add reference to FIN_WAIT_2 behavior, and pointer to patch. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@77342 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- diff --git a/docs/manual/platform/perf-bsd44.html b/docs/manual/platform/perf-bsd44.html index cc8eca733c..c22c982326 100644 --- a/docs/manual/platform/perf-bsd44.html +++ b/docs/manual/platform/perf-bsd44.html @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ In many cases, NMBCLUSTERS must be set much larger than would appear necessary at first glance. The reason for this is that if the browser disconnects in mid-transfer, the socket fd associated with that particular connection ends up in the TIME_WAIT state for several minutes, during -which time its mbufs are not yet freed. +which time its mbufs are not yet freed. Another reason is that, on server +timeouts, some connections end up in FIN_WAIT_2 state forever, because +this state doesn't time out on the server, and the browser never sent +a final FIN. An example patch for BSDI is available + +here.