Signed-off-by: David Wilson <dw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man7/socket.7 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index ff98e3e..ff4c46b 100644 --- a/man7/socket.7 +++ b/man7/socket.7 @@ -662,6 +662,20 @@ with a specific port then it is not possible to bind to this port for any local address. Argument is an integer boolean flag. .TP +.BR SO_REUSEPORT " (since Linux 3.9)" +Indicates that attempts to bind an identical listening address to +multiple +.B AF_INET +or +.B AF_INET6 +sockets by the same UID may succeed. This option allows +.BR accept (2) +load distribution in a multi-threaded server to be improved by +using a distinct listener socket for each thread. This must be set +on each socket prior to calling +.BR bind (2) +on the socket. +.TP .BR SO_RXQ_OVFL " (since Linux 2.6.33)" .\" commit 3b885787ea4112eaa80945999ea0901bf742707f Indicates that an unsigned 32-bit value ancillary message (cmsg) -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
