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-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c20
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 43cd89eacfab..7ed47b4943da 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1746,13 +1746,29 @@ static int xs_bind(struct sock_xprt *transport, struct socket *sock)
unsigned short port = xs_get_srcport(transport);
unsigned short last;
+ /*
+ * If we are asking for any ephemeral port (i.e. port == 0 &&
+ * transport->xprt.resvport == 0), don't bind. Let the local
+ * port selection happen implicitly when the socket is used
+ * (for example at connect time).
+ *
+ * This ensures that we can continue to establish TCP
+ * connections even when all local ephemeral ports are already
+ * a part of some TCP connection. This makes no difference
+ * for UDP sockets, but also doens't harm them.
+ *
+ * If we're asking for any reserved port (i.e. port == 0 &&
+ * transport->xprt.resvport == 1) xs_get_srcport above will
+ * ensure that port is non-zero and we will bind as needed.
+ */
+ if (port == 0)
+ return 0;
+
memcpy(&myaddr, &transport->srcaddr, transport->xprt.addrlen);
do {
rpc_set_port((struct sockaddr *)&myaddr, port);
err = kernel_bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&myaddr,
transport->xprt.addrlen);
- if (port == 0)
- break;
if (err == 0) {
transport->srcport = port;
break;