general/302: A lot of : lingering_close lost connection to client x.x.x.x in the error log

[Pierre Didierjean <pd...@web-data.fr>]

>Number:         302
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       A lot of : lingering_close lost connection to client x.x.x.x in the error log
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache (Apache HTTP Project)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Apr  2 01:00:01 1997
>Originator:     pdj@web-data.fr
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2b7
>Environment:
Dec Alpha, Digital Unix 3.2d-2, Native compiler
>Description:
I've got above 1000 messages per day like this one in the error_log :
lingering_close lost connection to client x.x.x.x
My site has about 20000 hits per days
[Tue Apr  1 09:53:04 1997] lingering_close lost connection to client 194.199.111.69
[Tue Apr  1 09:55:21 1997] lingering_close lost connection to client 194.206.23.184
[Tue Apr  1 09:56:59 1997] lingering_close lost connection to client 194.199.111.69
[Tue Apr  1 09:58:08 1997] lingering_close lost connection to client 194.199.111.69
[Tue Apr  1 09:58:11 1997] lingering_close lost connection to client 194.199.111.69
[Tue Apr  1 10:00:40 1997] lingering_close lost connection to client 194.199.111.69
[Tue Apr  1 10:00:56 1997] lingering_close lost connection to client 194.199.111.69
>How-To-Repeat:
I don't know. I ask some people in France and someone says he has the same
message on SCO Unix
>Fix:
Maybe TCP parameters. I read the page http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/fin_wait_2.html
talking about FIN_WAIT2 problem, they suggest to recompile without the
 -DNO_LINGCLOSE flag
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: