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Date:	Fri, 31 May 2013 02:26:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	erik.hugne@...csson.com
Cc:	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jon.maloy@...csson.com, ying.xue@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/12] tipc: Add "max_ports" configuration
 parameter

From: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@...csson.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 11:23:02 +0200

> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 01:40:28AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> We never shrink the hash tables once we've grown them.  That's a
>> reasonable way to behave.
> 
> Very well.
> Currently, the refs/portID's are built up of a random part, and an index
> part. The index is obtained by masking against the table size.
> If the table is allowed to grow, we must remove the random part from the 
> portID. Otherwise we would index out a nonexistant or wrong port
> from a received packet..
> 
> But removing the random part would be a violation of the protocol spec, and
> potentially break interop between other implementations (like link selection..)

We allocate ports randomly for IPV4/IPV6 sockets, you can just fine too.
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