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From: Octavian Purdila on 16 Feb 2010 16:30 On Tuesday 16 February 2010 22:08:13 you wrote: > > Something like bellow? > > > > # set bits 8080 and 1666 > > $echo 8080 1666-1666 > /proc > > > > #reset bit 1666 > > $echo 8080 > /proc > > > > #reset whole bitmap > > $echo > /proc > > Yes. So something like that. > > I think I would use commas instead of spaces as that is more traditional. > OK, I was trying to reuse the existing skip whitespace code :) but if you think its cleaner with commas I can do that. > > Note that this new proc entry will work in conjunction with the existing > > ip_local_port_range option, so the default bitmap can (and should be) > > empty. > > Do we want userspace to see this implementation detail? Two data structures > doing the almost the same thing could get confusing in a hurry. It feels > like a recipe for changing one and not the other and then running around > trying to figure out why the change did not work. > Yes, I believe we want to have reserved_ports contain just those special ports that the user wants to reserve. After all we add this entry for this specific purpose. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |