netdev - Re: [Patch] infiniband: check local reserved ports

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Message-ID: <4C0CB610.4010305@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:04:16 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	davem@...emloft.net, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	sean.hefty@...el.com
Subject: Re: [Patch] infiniband: check local reserved ports

On 06/05/10 00:04, Roland Dreier wrote:
>   >  >  Should this inet_is_reserved_local_port() test apply to all the "port
>   >  >  spaces" that this code is handling?  I honestly am ignorant of the
>   >  >  intended semantics of the new local_reserved_ports stuff, hence my question.
>
>   >  Yes, but I only found this case, is there any else?
>
> My question was more in the other direction: should this test apply to
> all the "port spaces" handled here?  From looking at the code, it
> appears the answer is yes -- it seems that putting a port in
> local_reserved_ports reserves that port for IPv4 and IPv6, UDP, TCP,
> SCTP, DCCP, everything, so we should probably reserve all RDMA CM ports too.

Yes.

So this patch looks good for you? :)

Thanks.

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