tcp: improve REUSEADDR/NOREUSEADDR cohabitation
inet_csk_get_port() randomization effort tends to spread sockets on all the available range (ip_local_port_range) This is unfortunate because SO_REUSEADDR sockets have less requirements than non SO_REUSEADDR ones. If an application uses SO_REUSEADDR hint, it is to try to allow source ports being shared. So instead of picking a random port number in ip_local_port_range, lets try first in first half of the range. This gives more chances to use upper half of the range for the sockets with strong requirements (not using SO_REUSEADDR) Note this patch does not add a new sysctl, and only changes the way we try to pick port number. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@redhat.com> Cc: Flavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com> Acked-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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