From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH] socket.7: document SO_REUSEPORT socket option. Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:47:09 +0100 Message-ID: <54D3745D.1040205@gmail.com> References: <1419052469-43586-1-git-send-email-dw@botanicus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1419052469-43586-1-git-send-email-dw-ahVZHQAumb4sV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: David Wilson Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 12/20/2014 06:14 AM, David Wilson wrote: > Signed-off-by: David Wilson Thanks, David. Applied. Cheers, Michael > --- > man7/socket.7 | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 > index ff98e3e..ff4c46b 100644 > --- a/man7/socket.7 > +++ b/man7/socket.7 > @@ -662,6 +662,20 @@ with a specific port then it is not possible > to bind to this port for any local address. > Argument is an integer boolean flag. > .TP > +.BR SO_REUSEPORT " (since Linux 3.9)" > +Indicates that attempts to bind an identical listening address to > +multiple > +.B AF_INET > +or > +.B AF_INET6 > +sockets by the same UID may succeed. This option allows > +.BR accept (2) > +load distribution in a multi-threaded server to be improved by > +using a distinct listener socket for each thread. This must be set > +on each socket prior to calling > +.BR bind (2) > +on the socket. > +.TP > .BR SO_RXQ_OVFL " (since Linux 2.6.33)" > .\" commit 3b885787ea4112eaa80945999ea0901bf742707f > Indicates that an unsigned 32-bit value ancillary message (cmsg) > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html