* Is 64k bind patch making bad assumption?
@ 2009-02-02 18:35 Stephen Hemminger
2009-02-02 18:46 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
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From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2009-02-02 18:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Evgeniy Polyakov, David Miller; +Cc: netdev
The patch to allow more that 64k connections is assuming that
all IP addresses on a machine have the same connectivity and policy.
I can think of several cases where this is not true:
1. Server machine with public IP's for connections and private IP's
for backend database connection
2. Applications where certain IP's are required for security
protocols
3. Machines doing policy based routing
Doesn't this patch change/break this?
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2009-02-02 18:35 Is 64k bind patch making bad assumption? Stephen Hemminger
@ 2009-02-02 18:46 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
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From: Evgeniy Polyakov @ 2009-02-02 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Hemminger; +Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov, David Miller, netdev
Hi Stephen.
On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 10:35:15AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger (shemminger@vyatta.com) wrote:
> The patch to allow more that 64k connections is assuming that
> all IP addresses on a machine have the same connectivity and policy.
> I can think of several cases where this is not true:
> 1. Server machine with public IP's for connections and private IP's
> for backend database connection
> 2. Applications where certain IP's are required for security
> protocols
> 3. Machines doing policy based routing
>
> Doesn't this patch change/break this?
I do not think this is related. Patch itself just allows to do what
users ask for. He can do the same with explicit port selection and
reuse option, but bind(0) with the reuse option (i.e. automatic
kernel port selection) was limited.
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Evgeniy Polyakov
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