Re: bad karma with 2.0.1

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Fri, 5 Jul 1996 15:35:00 +0100 (BST)

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> basically, if an ftp server is running 2.0.1., then it appears that
> two people can't download at the same time.
>
> What _appears_ to happen is :
> session #1 bind's 1.2.24.7 port 20
> does a connect to remote ip.
>
> session #2 attempts to bind 1.2.24.7 port 20.
> fails with EADDRINUSE
>
> This worked prior to 2.0.1 (i.e. 2.0.0). As far as I can see, the old
> behaviour was legal. So why is the kernel now denying it??

Linus fix to the tcp hang problem was a little too draconian. Patch
that bit of af_inet.c back to 2.0.0 and its ok

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