> The documentation for struct inet_bind_bucket says:
> /* There are a few simple rules, which allow for local port reuse by
> * an application. In essence:
> *
> * 1) Sockets bound to different interfaces may share a local
> port.
> * Failing that, goto test 2.
> * 2) If all sockets have sk->sk_reuse set, and none of them are
> in
> * TCP_LISTEN state, the port may be shared.
> * Failing that, goto test 3.
> * 3) If all sockets are bound to a specific inet_sk(sk)-
> >rcv_saddr local
> * address, and none of them are the same, the port may be
> * shared.
> * Failing this, the port cannot be shared.
> ..
>
> If I understand this correctly the suggestion in the RFC follows this
> scheme so the request to mimic TCP/IP stack seems to be fulfilled.
I don't see how the proposal fulfills the above requirements (3 may be the key one here). If I understand the proposal correctly, you're wanting to re-use the same port number for all connections (once the port numbers run out) without checking that the local or remote addresses differ.
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