Linux commit 91d0b78c5177 ("inet: Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option")
introduced a new socket option available for AF_INET and AF_INET6 sockets.
Option is available starting from Linux 6.3. Document it.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Resending the man page update now that the feature has been released.
Previous submission can be found at [1].
I'm the author of the feature. We did a technical review of the man page text
together with the code [2].
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230201123634.284689-1-jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221221-sockopt-port-range-v6-0-be255cc0e51f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
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man7/ip.7 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
index 92ecf4b3e..c97a917ff 100644
--- a/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man7/ip.7
@@ -499,6 +499,27 @@ and
.B IP_TOS
are ignored.
.TP
+.BR IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE " (since Linux 6.3)"
+Set or get the per-socket default local port range. This option can be used to
+clamp down the global local port range, defined by the
+.I ip_local_port_range
+.I /proc
+interface described below, for a given socket.
+.IP
+The option takes an
+.I uint32_t
+value with the high 16 bits set to the upper range bound, and the low 16 bits
+set to the lower range bound. Range bounds are inclusive. The 16-bit values
+should be in host byte order.
+.IP
+The lower bound has to be less than the upper bound when both bounds are not
+zero. Otherwise, setting the option fails with EINVAL.
+.IP
+If either bound is outside of the global local port range, or is zero, then that
+bound has no effect.
+.IP
+To reset the setting, pass zero as both the upper and the lower bound.
+.TP
.BR IP_MSFILTER " (since Linux 2.4.22 / 2.5.68)"
This option provides access to the advanced full-state filtering API.
Argument is an
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