On Sat Jun 26 12:24:30 EDT 2010, lu...@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
