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tcp: restore some memory savings associated with TIME_WAIT state
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Authored by glebius on Oct 5 2022, 5:03 PM.
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Although with XXXXXX we no longer reallocate tcpcb to tcptw, we are still
interested in not wasting extra memory while a connection waits for 2MSL
timeout.

  • In tcp_twstart() when transitioning to TIME_WAIT, if the file descriptor had been closed, let's free the socket and contexts that hang off the socket (e.g. kTLS context).
  • In tcp_usr_detach() differentiate this case by absence of INP_DROPPED flag and don't free the pcb.
  • After the 2MSL timeout in tcp_close() differentiate a pcb that has been left by tcp_usr_detach() by checking that inp_socket pointer is NULL.
  • Go around the code touched by XXXXXX and restore safety checks for a connection in TIME_WAIT state. Previously we were guarding against dereferencing inp_ppcb as tcptw, now we are guarding against dereferencing inp_socket.

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