Re: [PATCH] tcp_v4_get_port() and ephemeral ports

Chris Wedgwood (cw@f00f.org)
Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:53:54 +1200

On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 11:04:36AM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:

It's tempting to patch tcp_v4_get_port() to check sk->rcv_saddr,
and if it's nonzero, allow the same ephemeral port number to be
reused on different interfaces. Kinda like this (untested):

Have the application do this for you.

--cw
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