linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v5 3/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers

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Message-ID: <4B80D4DB.6040204@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:38:19 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Octavian Purdila <opurdila@...acom.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Developers <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v5 3/3] net: reserve ports for applications using
 fixed port numbers

Octavian Purdila wrote:
> This patch introduces /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_reserved_ports which
> allows users to reserve ports for third-party applications.
> 
> The reserved ports will not be used by automatic port assignments
> (e.g. when calling connect() or bind() with port number 0). Explicit
> port allocation behavior is unchanged.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@...acom.com>
> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>


My test case shows this works as expect, I mean reserving local ports.
So, for this one,

Acked-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>

Thanks for your work!
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