Add port randomization rather than a simple fixed rover for use with SCTP. This makes it act similar to TCP, UDP, DCCP when allocating ports. No longer need port_alloc_lock as well (suggestion by Brian Haley). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- include/net/sctp/structs.h | 2 -- net/sctp/protocol.c | 3 --- net/sctp/socket.c | 21 +++++---------------- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h 2007-10-10 08:26:57.000000000 -0700 +++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h 2007-10-10 14:57:28.000000000 -0700 @@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ extern struct sctp_globals { /* This is the sctp port control hash. */ int port_hashsize; - int port_rover; - spinlock_t port_alloc_lock; /* Protects port_rover. */ struct sctp_bind_hashbucket *port_hashtable; /* This is the global local address list. --- a/net/sctp/protocol.c 2007-10-10 14:51:03.000000000 -0700 +++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c 2007-10-10 14:53:13.000000000 -0700 @@ -1172,9 +1172,6 @@ SCTP_STATIC __init int sctp_init(void) sctp_port_hashtable[i].chain = NULL; } - spin_lock_init(&sctp_port_alloc_lock); - sctp_port_rover = sysctl_local_port_range[0] - 1; - printk(KERN_INFO "SCTP: Hash tables configured " "(established %d bind %d)\n", sctp_assoc_hashsize, sctp_port_hashsize); --- a/net/sctp/socket.c 2007-10-10 14:51:03.000000000 -0700 +++ b/net/sctp/socket.c 2007-10-10 14:55:22.000000000 -0700 @@ -5314,22 +5314,13 @@ static long sctp_get_port_local(struct s sctp_local_bh_disable(); if (snum == 0) { - /* Search for an available port. - * - * 'sctp_port_rover' was the last port assigned, so - * we start to search from 'sctp_port_rover + - * 1'. What we do is first check if port 'rover' is - * already in the hash table; if not, we use that; if - * it is, we try next. - */ - int low = sysctl_local_port_range[0]; - int high = sysctl_local_port_range[1]; - int remaining = (high - low) + 1; - int rover; + /* Search for an available port. */ + unsigned int low = sysctl_local_port_range[0]; + unsigned int high = sysctl_local_port_range[1]; + unsigned int remaining = (high - low) + 1; + unsigned int rover = net_random() % remaining + low; int index; - sctp_spin_lock(&sctp_port_alloc_lock); - rover = sctp_port_rover; do { rover++; if ((rover < low) || (rover > high)) @@ -5344,8 +5335,6 @@ static long sctp_get_port_local(struct s next: sctp_spin_unlock(&head->lock); } while (--remaining > 0); - sctp_port_rover = rover; - sctp_spin_unlock(&sctp_port_alloc_lock); /* Exhausted local port range during search? */ ret = 1; -- Stephen Hemminger - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html