Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:21:13 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [RFC Patch] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:15:51 +0200
> int inet_is_reserved_local_port(int port) > { > if (test_bit(port, reserved_ports)) > return 1; > return 0; > } > > In theory it might be slower because of the reserved_ports bitmap will have a > larger memory footprint than just a min/max, especially with random port > allocation. But is this an issue in practice?
No need to speculate, some simple benchmarks would confirm or deny this.
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