Re: [net-next PATCH v4 3/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers

[Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>]

On Wednesday 17 February 2010 18:39:28 you wrote:
> Le jeudi 18 février 2010 à 00:13 +0800, Cong Wang a écrit :
> > I don't think so, if you want to avoid race condition, you just need to
> > write the reserved ports before any networking application starts, IOW,
> > as early as possible during boot.
> 
> Sure, but I was thinking retrieving the list of reserved port by a
> database query, using network :)
> 
> Anyway, I just feel your argument is not applicable.
> 
> Our kernel is capable of doing an intersection for us, we dont need
> to forbid user to mark a port as 'reserved' if this port is already
> blacklisted by another mechanism (for example, if this port is already
> in use)
> 

Also I believe that ip_local_port_range purpose is not to reserve *specific* 
ports. Changing this setting helps with things like increasing the port space 
for NAT or for a higher connection rate.

We add the new option for reserving *specific* ports. 

So, even from a functional perspective, it makes more sense to me to keep them 
independent, as they serve different purposes.