TCP repair TODO
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TCP repair feature in the Linux kernel is supposed to help migrating a TCP socket. It's not yet complete and this page lists what is to be done.
- Transitional states
- Currently we support sockets in closed and establised states. However, if a socket is in e.g. syn-sent state the process of turning it into established can last long. We should teach the kernel and crtools to checkpoint and restore this and other states
- Optimized restore
- Currently the whole outgoing queue is restored in a "all was sent, waiting for ACK-s" state. After this the data that was really not sent yet will be re-transmitted after a while. This will make the connection work, but will delay it for some time. Need to improve this.
- Timestamps
- If a TCP socket will get live-migrated from one box to another the timestamps (which are typically ON) will get screwed up -- the new kernel will generate TS values that has nothing to do with what they were on dump. The solution is to yet again fix the kernel and put a "timestamp offset" on a socket.
- OOB data
- Nothing to say here actually. This data is just not supported currently.