netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip: justification for local port range robustness

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Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:30:30 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Anton Arapov <aarapov@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip: justification for local port range robustness

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:27:37 +0200
Anton Arapov <aarapov@...hat.com> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
>   There is a justifying patch for Stephen's patches. Stephen's patches
> disallows using a port range of one single port and brakes the meaning
> of the 'remaining' variable, in some places it has different meaning.
> My patch gives back the sense of 'remaining' variable. It should mean how
> many ports are remaining and nothing else. Also my patch allows using
> a single port.
> 
>   I sure we must be able to use mentioned port range, this does not
> restricted by documentation and does not brake current behavior.
> 
> usefull links:
> Patches posted by Stephen Hemminger
>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=119206106218187&w=2
>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=119206109918235&w=2
> 
> Andrew Morton's comment
>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119248225007737&w=2
> 
> == Patch:
> 
> Justification of the Stephen Hemminger's patches, commit numbers
>   06393009000779b00a558fd2f280882cc7dc2008
>   227b60f5102cda4e4ab792b526a59c8cb20cd9f8
> 
>   1. Allows using a port range of one single port.
>   2. Gives back sense of 'remaining' variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Arapov <aarapov@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
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