Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):
On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 17:57:05 +0200 you wrote:
> If there is overlapp between ip_local_port_range and ip_local_reserved_ports
> with a huge reserved block, it will affect probability of selecting ephemeral
> ports, see file net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c:723
>
> int __inet_hash_connect(
> ...
> for (i = 0; i < remaining; i += 2, port += 2) {
> if (unlikely(port >= high))
> port -= remaining;
> if (inet_is_local_reserved_port(net, port))
> continue;
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next] net: document a side effect of ip_local_reserved_ports
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a7a80b17c750
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