netdev - Re: [RFC, PATCH] udp: complete port availability checking

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Message-Id: <20081008.174922.202846740.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:49:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH] udp: complete port availability checking

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:31:32 +0200

> While looking at UDP port randomization, I noticed it
> was litle bit pessimistic, not looking at type of sockets
> (IPV6/IPV4) and not looking at bound addresses if any.
> 
> We should perform same tests than when binding to a
> specific port.
> 
> This permits a cleanup of udp_lib_get_port()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

This looks fine to me but I'd like some other eyeballs on
this one before I apply it.
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