On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 08:13:03AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 11:57:50AM +0900, Jorgen Lundman wrote:
> > I have a socket (TCP) connected where their end is very slow. (~3k/s). 
> 
> Have you checked with tcpdump that ACKs are coming in fast enough? You may
> have a full tcp window outstanding, so new data can only be sent once
> more data is acknowledge by the peer.

Yes, but he is seeing nonblocking writes block in the kernel for multiple
seconds before returning.  That should never happen.

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