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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 2cf9a898ce50..d6e488668171 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1573,14 +1573,12 @@ void tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
sk_stream_mem_reclaim(sk);
- /* As outlined in draft-ietf-tcpimpl-prob-03.txt, section
- * 3.10, we send a RST here because data was lost. To
- * witness the awful effects of the old behavior of always
- * doing a FIN, run an older 2.1.x kernel or 2.0.x, start
- * a bulk GET in an FTP client, suspend the process, wait
- * for the client to advertise a zero window, then kill -9
- * the FTP client, wheee... Note: timeout is always zero
- * in such a case.
+ /* As outlined in RFC 2525, section 2.17, we send a RST here because
+ * data was lost. To witness the awful effects of the old behavior of
+ * always doing a FIN, run an older 2.1.x kernel or 2.0.x, start a bulk
+ * GET in an FTP client, suspend the process, wait for the client to
+ * advertise a zero window, then kill -9 the FTP client, wheee...
+ * Note: timeout is always zero in such a case.
*/
if (data_was_unread) {
/* Unread data was tossed, zap the connection. */