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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:41:03 -0700
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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Subject: Re: Network buffer hang was Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround for
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:46:24 -0700
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> wrote:

> I was using kernel 2.4.21 or so, and had tcp buffers turned up
> quite high.

You seal your own fate by setting this too high.  It's meant
to keep TCP from commiting too much system memory to itself.