What is the meaning of 'IP packet reassembles failed' ?

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Issue

  • What is the meaning of 'IP packet reassembles failed' statistics in netstat -s command output?
Ip:
    419 fragments dropped after timeout
    100819156 reassemblies required
    18937262 packets reassembled ok
    141387 packet reassembles failed
  • How to improve this counter?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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