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SubjectRe: Error binding socket: address already in use

>Hi,
>killing a server task that is operating on a UDP socket( AF_INET,
>SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP ), leaves the socket in an unclosed state. A
>subsequently started task, that wants to use the same port, gets from
>bind above error message.This is, in my opinion, wrong behavior,

man setsockopt
Look for SO_REUSEADDR
It is all correct behavior.

>because of the connectionless nature of UDP. Only reboot solves this

Waiting a while should also solve this.

>situation. It looks, as if in net/socket.c, TCP and UDP are handled in
>the same way without taking into account the different nature of the
>protocols?!
>How can I overcome this problem ?

Jan Engelhardt
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