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Date:      Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:46:57 -0600
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org, jlemon@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: somaxconn and foot removal
Message-ID:  <20010212084657.U650@prism.flugsvamp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010211015516.J3274@fw.wintelcom.net>
References:  <20010211015516.J3274@fw.wintelcom.net>

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On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:55:16AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> The sysctl for somaxconn is an int, however the queue limits in the 
> socket structures are 'short' this can cause some bad behavior if
> one sets somaxconn to more than 32k.
> 
> A) So, do we bump the sockets to use 'int' for so->so_qlimit?
> B) Do we fix solisten() to compensate? 
> C) Or de we fix the sysctl (patch below)?

I'd patch sysctl.  I can't imagine a listen queue > u_short actually
being all that useful; at some point it is better to just start
shedding load instead of queuing up numerous connections.
--
Jonathan


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