what would 1 more timer wheel do?

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>

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