Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Original TCP RFCs tell timeout is infinite ;)
> 
> Practically, conntrack has a 5 days timeout, but I really doubt anyone
> expects an idle TCP flow to stay 'alive' when nothing is sent for 5
> days.

So would 37hrs ~= 1.5 days be a reasonable cutoff or will stuff fall apart and
people be surprised?

Thanks,

        tglx