Re: select()/socket has problems under 2.2.x.

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:52:37 +0100


On Sat, Mar 06, 1999 at 04:12:01PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > What if I'll change the MTU during a transer? I just thought at the way
> > you are proposing and it simply doesn't look like the right way to fix the
> > bug to me.
>
> If your MTU is < 3 * the max window you propose to offer you should set the
> MSS lower in the tcp connection options (TCP MSS blah). This also makes tcp
> work better as well as solving your deadlock.

That looks like the correct solution for me. Finally a good use for MSS in Linux @)

-Andi

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