3 files changed, 5 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 448f713a0205..ef892e00c833 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
 
         /* This is the sctp port control hash.  */
         int port_hashsize;
-        int port_rover;
-        spinlock_t port_alloc_lock;  /* Protects port_rover. */
         struct sctp_bind_hashbucket *port_hashtable;
 
         /* This is the global local address list.
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 4e6b59e8b695..81b26c5ffd4b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1172,9 +1172,6 @@ SCTP_STATIC __init int sctp_init(void)
                 sctp_port_hashtable[i].chain = NULL;
         }
 
-        spin_lock_init(&sctp_port_alloc_lock);
-        sctp_port_rover = sysctl_local_port_range[0] - 1;
-
         printk(KERN_INFO "SCTP: Hash tables configured "
                          "(established %d bind %d)\n",
                 sctp_assoc_hashsize, sctp_port_hashsize);
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index f3e1a9c811ad..7cd58ef84eda 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -5314,22 +5314,13 @@ static long sctp_get_port_local(struct sock *sk, union sctp_addr *addr)
         sctp_local_bh_disable();
 
         if (snum == 0) {
-                /* Search for an available port.
-                 *
-                 * 'sctp_port_rover' was the last port assigned, so
-                 * we start to search from 'sctp_port_rover +
-                 * 1'. What we do is first check if port 'rover' is
-                 * already in the hash table; if not, we use that; if
-                 * it is, we try next.
-                 */
-                int low = sysctl_local_port_range[0];
-                int high = sysctl_local_port_range[1];
-                int remaining = (high - low) + 1;
-                int rover;
+                /* Search for an available port. */
+                unsigned int low = sysctl_local_port_range[0];
+                unsigned int high = sysctl_local_port_range[1];
+                unsigned int remaining = (high - low) + 1;
+                unsigned int rover = net_random() % remaining + low;
                 int index;
 
-                sctp_spin_lock(&sctp_port_alloc_lock);
-                rover = sctp_port_rover;
                 do {
                         rover++;
                         if ((rover < low) || (rover > high))
@@ -5344,8 +5335,6 @@ static long sctp_get_port_local(struct sock *sk, union sctp_addr *addr)
                 next:
                         sctp_spin_unlock(&head->lock);
                 } while (--remaining > 0);
-                sctp_port_rover = rover;
-                sctp_spin_unlock(&sctp_port_alloc_lock);
 
                 /* Exhausted local port range during search? */
                 ret = 1;