[2.6.14] bug in inet_connection_sock.c -> lowest port always skipped

[Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>]

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Hi,

There seems to be a small bug in inet_connection_sock.c: the lowest port
set using sysctl (taken from 'sysctl_local_port_range') is always
skipped in the first iteration.
In inet_csk_get_port one can find this:
                if (hashinfo->port_rover < low)
                        rover = low;
                else
                        rover = hashinfo->port_rover;
                do {
                        rover++;
As you can see the first statement is a ++ causing the first port to
always be skipped.
Patch fixing this follows below.

Signed off: Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>

diff -uNbB inet_connection_sock.c.org inet_connection_sock.c
- --- inet_connection_sock.c.org  2005-11-21 18:52:24.000000000 +0100
+++ inet_connection_sock.c      2005-11-21 18:53:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
                else
                        rover = hashinfo->port_rover;
                do {
- -                       rover++;
                        if (rover > high)
                                rover = low;
                        head = &hashinfo->bhash[inet_bhashfn(rover, hashinfo->bhash_size)];
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@
                        break;
                next:
                        spin_unlock(&head->lock);
+                       rover++;
                } while (--remaining > 0);
                hashinfo->port_rover = rover;
                spin_unlock(&hashinfo->portalloc_lock);


Folkert van Heusden

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