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Re: [ecs] Linux "holding on" to closed sockets Mark Gilmore Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:11:38 -0800

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:11:38 -0800

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Hi Dario,
I tried numerous close/linger/etc methods, none of which had any effect.
 From what I read a while back (don't have links), this is "just the way 
Linux works".
So IF a solution exists, it will probably involve some kind of OS mod.

At 01:04 AM 11/22/2003 +0100, you wrote:

>Mark Gilmore wrote:
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>>Upon closing a used socket, Linux does not free the IP/port for around 60 
>>seconds.
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>[...]
>>Might anyone know how to force Linux to release the blasted thing ?
>>Thanks,
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>Mark, was not you struggling with this some months ago, and then you dound 
>some "intrinsic behaviour" of sockets which could (hardly) be overridden? 
>I should still have the emails, but I'm not sure if this is what you're 
>talking about. (something like "DONT_LINGER" or what)...
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>Ciao, Dario
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