What does the "TCP: time wait bucket table overflow" message mean or what does the TCPTimeWaitOverflow counter indicate?
Issue
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On a system handling lots of TCP connections, the logs are filled with these messages:
kernel: TCP: time wait bucket table overflow -
In RHEL7, there is no log message but
netstat -sshows aTCPTimeWaitOverflowcounter incrementing.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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