Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix connect() invalid -EADDRNOTAVAIL error

[Eric Dumazet]

On Wed, 2014-11-19 at 17:37 +1100, Jon Maxwell wrote:

> Prerequisites for this to happen:
> 1) The local tcp port range must be exhausted.
> 2) A process must have called bind() followed by connect() for all 
> local ports.

How the bind() is done exactly ? How SO_REUSEADDR is used ?

> 3) A different process calls connect() only which returns -EADDRNOTAVAIL. 
> 4) The system more than 1 interface configured.
> 
> If a system has 2 IP Addresses and all local tcp ports are in use
> for connection from IP Address (1). Connecting to the same ports 
> via IP Address (2) should work based on the 4 tuple rule. But it 
> fails under this condition. 

I do not think this is generally true.

If process called bind() to reserve a port, another process should not
be able to use the same port.

Do you have a test program exhibiting the problem ?

Thanks !


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