Re: Any TCP VTW users?

[Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 2:03 AM Brad Spencer <brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are there any users of TCP Vestigial Time-Wait (VTW)?
> > The feature is disabled by default and we need to explicitly
> > enable via sysctl to use it.
> >
> > I just want to know if we should still maintain it.
> >
> >   ozaki-r
>
>
> I do use it on one system, but it is not likely to be critical to
> anything.   The system in question creates a whole ton of short lived
> connections and I think I was trying to get them to expire quicker then
> normal.

Thank you for the report!

Just curious. Does it improve performance? (or reduce CPU/memory usage?)

  ozaki-r