I have a SLES machine that accumulates TCP connections in a CLOSE_WAIT state for what seems like forever. These descriptors then stuck all available memory. At the time, I have 3037 of them, but it was much higher before a hastily-RELOAD recently. What is interesting is that they are not connected to local ports that I expect may have processes listening. They have no associated PID, and timers seem to have expired. anyone have any idea how can i clear CLOSE_WAIT state in this case.
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