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From: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Developers <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 3/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:00:46 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B7F96AE.1010102@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1266424768.3075.61.camel@edumazet-laptop>

Eric Dumazet 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)
> 

Oh, I see your points.

But this still could make people confused, like me. I think we'd better
document this.

Thanks.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-02-20  7:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-15 22:00 [net-next PATCH v4 0/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port Octavian Purdila
2010-02-15 22:00 ` [net-next PATCH v4 1/3] sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16  8:41   ` Cong Wang
2010-02-16 10:48     ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16 13:08       ` Cong Wang
2010-02-16 14:00         ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-17 16:31           ` Cong Wang
2010-02-17 21:09             ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-18  3:58       ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16 11:41     ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16 13:09       ` Cong Wang
2010-02-16 13:44         ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-17 16:21           ` Cong Wang
2010-02-17 16:33             ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-18  4:25               ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-15 22:00 ` [net-next PATCH v4 2/3] sysctl: add proc_dobitmap Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16  9:12   ` Cong Wang
2010-02-15 22:00 ` [net-next PATCH v4 3/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16  9:37   ` Cong Wang
2010-02-16 11:06     ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16 13:06       ` Cong Wang
2010-02-16 13:20         ` Eric Dumazet
2010-02-17 16:13           ` Cong Wang
2010-02-17 16:39             ` Eric Dumazet
2010-02-17 16:01               ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-20  8:00               ` Cong Wang [this message]
2010-02-16 14:25         ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-17 16:07           ` Cong Wang
2010-02-16 17:25 ` [net-next PATCH v4 0/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-16 18:04   ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16 18:49     ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-16 19:51       ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-16 20:08         ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-16 21:22           ` Octavian Purdila
2010-02-17 15:57             ` Cong Wang
2010-02-17 16:10               ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-02-17 16:19                 ` Cong Wang
2010-02-17 16:26                   ` Eric W. Biederman

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