Under the normal close sequence, when we receive a FIN|ACK, we enter
TIME-WAIT and respond to that LAST-ACK with an ACK. Our TCP stack would
send an ACK in response to *any* ACK, which included FIN|ACK but also
included regular ACKs. (Or PSH|ACKs, which is what we were actually
getting/sending).
That was more ACKs than is necessary and results in an endless ACK storm
if we were under the simultaneous close sequence. In that scenario,
both sides of a connection are in TIME-WAIT. Both sides receive
FIN|ACK, and both respond with an ACK. Then both sides receive *those*
ACKs, and respond again. This continues until the TIME-WAIT wait period
elapses and each side's TCP timers (in the Plan 9 / Akaros case) shut
down.
The fix for this is to only respond to a FIN|ACK when we are in TIME-WAIT.
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