From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:53:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:52:59 -0400 Received: from weta.f00f.org ([203.167.249.89]:12950 "EHLO weta.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:52:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:53:54 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Dan Kegel Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp_v4_get_port() and ephemeral ports Message-ID: <20011001085354.A25723@weta.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <3BB75EB4.3268D3FC@kegel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3BB75EB4.3268D3FC@kegel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 11:04:36AM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote: It's tempting to patch tcp_v4_get_port() to check sk->rcv_saddr, and if it's nonzero, allow the same ephemeral port number to be reused on different interfaces. Kinda like this (untested): Have the application do this for you. --cw