From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp/dccp: warn user for preferred ip_local_port_range Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 14:37:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20150527.143722.1854988910324788026.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1432751677.4060.423.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:38026 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753492AbbE0ShX (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2015 14:37:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1432751677.4060.423.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 11:34:37 -0700 > From: Eric Dumazet > > After commit 07f4c90062f8f ("tcp/dccp: try to not exhaust > ip_local_port_range in connect()") it is advised to have an even number > of ports described in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range > > This means start/end values should have a different parity. > > Let's warn sysadmins of this, so that they can update their settings > if they want to. > > Suggested-by: David S. Miller > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Looks good, applied, thanks Eric.