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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>2005-11-03 19:33:23 -0500
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>2005-11-05 18:23:15 -0500
commit6df716340da3a6fdd33d73d7ed4c6f7590ca1c42 (patch)
tree1b3ba3d1a0a08b9b4eaa624a66414b87a70b6fe9 /include/net
parent6151b31c9616d71f714fc7ef8e2306f67f3b94c3 (diff)
[TCP/DCCP]: Randomize port selection
This patch randomizes the port selected on bind() for connections to help with possible security attacks. It should also be faster in most cases because there is no need for a global lock. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/inet_hashtables.h2
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h
index f50f95968340..07840baa9341 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h
@@ -125,9 +125,7 @@ struct inet_hashinfo {
125 rwlock_t lhash_lock ____cacheline_aligned; 125 rwlock_t lhash_lock ____cacheline_aligned;
126 atomic_t lhash_users; 126 atomic_t lhash_users;
127 wait_queue_head_t lhash_wait; 127 wait_queue_head_t lhash_wait;
128 spinlock_t portalloc_lock;
129 kmem_cache_t *bind_bucket_cachep; 128 kmem_cache_t *bind_bucket_cachep;
130 int port_rover;
131}; 129};
132 130
133static inline unsigned int inet_ehashfn(const __u32 laddr, const __u16 lport, 131static inline unsigned int inet_ehashfn(const __u32 laddr, const __u16 lport,