Re: [9fans] Cleaning up the IP tables

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Sat Jun 26 12:24:30 EDT 2010, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> I'm not sure how long it's been building up, but there are more than
> 4000 "Closed" TCP connections on a web accessible Plan 9 server,
> according to netstat.  Is there a simple way to clean up and delete
> all these entries or does one have to do something dramatic?  I can't
> drop the network, the server is a long way from here :-)
>
> I don't like rebooting, but I don't like 4000-odd netstat entries
> either.
>
> Hm, many are local "ticket" connections, you'd think they'd go away
> once dealt with.  The kernel is a little less than two years old, I'll
> have to consider an upgrade.

closed connections are not garbage collected.  they wait
for a fresh open.  since they take very little memory, it's
an elegant design that eliminates a number of potential
locking problems.

- erik