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Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:53:13 +0200
From:	Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@...hat.com>
To:	mtk.manpages@...il.com
CC:	Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip.7: Improve explanation about calling listen or connect

ping

On 06/06/2012 04:44 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone tell me what's the patch current state?
> It has been a month already with no feedback.
> thanks,
> fbl
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2012 13:02:48 +0200
> Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> do you have any comments for this update? Or do you need some supporting
>> info?
>>
>> peter
>>
>> On 05/09/2012 02:30 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner<fbl@...hat.com>
>>> ---
>>>    man7/ip.7 |   15 +++++++++------
>>>    1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
>>> index 9f560df..84fe32d 100644
>>> --- a/man7/ip.7
>>> +++ b/man7/ip.7
>>> @@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ For
>>>    you may specify a valid IANA IP protocol defined in
>>>    RFC\ 1700 assigned numbers.
>>>    .PP
>>> -.\" FIXME ip current does an autobind in listen, but I'm not sure
>>> -.\" if that should be documented.
>>>    When a process wants to receive new incoming packets or connections, it
>>>    should bind a socket to a local interface address using
>>>    .BR bind (2).
>>> -Only one IP socket may be bound to any given local (address, port) pair.
>>> +In this case, only one IP socket may be bound to any given local
>>> +(address, port) pair.
>>>    When
>>>    .B INADDR_ANY
>>>    is specified in the bind call, the socket will be bound to
>>> @@ -82,10 +81,14 @@ is specified in the bind call, the socket will be bound to
>>>    local interfaces.
>>>    When
>>>    .BR listen (2)
>>> -or
>>> +is called on an unbound socket, the socket is automatically bound
>>> +to a random free port with the local address set to
>>> +.BR INADDR_ANY .
>>> +When
>>>    .BR connect (2)
>>> -are called on an unbound socket, it is automatically bound to a
>>> -random free port with the local address set to
>>> +is called on an unbound socket, the socket is automatically bound
>>> +to a random free port or an usable shared port with the local address
>>> +set to
>>>    .BR INADDR_ANY .
>>>
>>>    A TCP local socket address that has been bound is unavailable for
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