Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:20:37 -0500 | Subject | Re: [RFC] EADDRINUSE from bind() on application restart after killing | From | Paul Gofman <> |
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On 10/14/22 11:45, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 9:39 AM Paul Gofman <pgofman@codeweavers.com> wrote: > > I think it is documented. > > man 7 socket > > SO_REUSEADDR > Indicates that the rules used in validating addresses > supplied in a bind(2) call should allow reuse of local addresses. For > AF_INET sockets this means > that a socket may bind, except when there is an active > listening socket bound to the address. When the listening socket is > bound to INADDR_ANY with a > specific port then it is not possible to bind to this > port for any local address. Argument is an integer boolean flag. > > You seem to need another way, so you will have to ask this question in IETF. Thanks a lot, I think it answers my question, I am afraid I was reading this a bit wrong.
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