[H-GEN] kernel message

[Martin Pool]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Martin Pool <martinp at mincom.com>)

Marshall, Joshua wrote:
> kernel: Warning: possible SYN flood from 127.0.0.1 on 127.0.0.1:8000.
> Sending cookies.
> 
> in my log files.  Has anyone seen this or know what it is?

I've seen this under high network load.  At a guess it happens when the
accept queues are filling up.  I'm afraid I don't have any more
information to hand.  Mostly harmless.

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