> I need some information about the TCP implementation. I didn't
> find any information in my Linux Kernel book or in any other
> tutorial about TCP and I do not really understand the tcp.c
> The kernel should remove SYN packets if it doesn't recive the
> final ACK. But where is that implemented in the Linux Kernel?
when the synack timer goes off and it has retried enough times
(at least sysctl_tcp_synack_retries times or the max that was
set for the connection).
see timer.c: tcp_synack_timer() stuff
thanks,
Nivedita