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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] Do not set SO_REUSEADDR on Windows


From: Sebastian Ottlik
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] Do not set SO_REUSEADDR on Windows
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 14:15:20 +0200
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On 09.09.2013 14:05, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 03:48:16PM +0200, Sebastian Ottlik wrote:
On 04.09.2013 19:08, Sebastian Ottlik wrote:
This patchset disabels all use of SO_REUSEADDR on Windows. On Windows systems
the default behaviour is equivalent to SO_REUSEADDR on other operating
systems. SO_REUSEADDR can still be set but results in undesired behaviour
instead. It may even lead to situations were system behaviour is
unspecified. More information on this can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms740621.aspx

I originally encountered this issue when accidentally launching two QEMU
instances with identical GDB ports at the same time. In which case QEMU won't
fail as one might expect.

v2 Changes:

- Introduce a function with os specific implementation instead of using #ifdef
   I named it socket_set_fast_reuse instead of the suggested qemu_set_reuseaddr
   so the name better reflects what the function actually does.

  gdbstub.c              |    6 ++----
  include/qemu/sockets.h |    1 +
  net/socket.c           |   19 +++++++------------
  slirp/misc.c           |    3 +--
  slirp/socket.c         |    4 +---
  slirp/tcp_subr.c       |    6 ++----
  slirp/udp.c            |    4 ++--
  util/oslib-posix.c     |   14 ++++++++++++++
  util/oslib-win32.c     |   10 ++++++++++
  util/qemu-sockets.c    |    6 +++---
  10 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)


util: add socket_set_fast_reuse function
gdbstub: call socket_set_fast_reuse instead of setting SO_REUSEADDR
net: call socket_set_fast_reuse instead of setting SO_REUSEADDR
slirp: call socket_set_fast_reuse instead of setting SO_REUSEADDR
util: call socket_set_fast_reuse instead of setting SO_REUSEADDR

Pinging this patch, as I think it is still an appropriate approach
to the issue:

I did some research and apparently there is a valid use case for
SO_REUSEADDR
on windows when multiple clients need to listen to the same port for
the same
multicast group. IMHO making qemu_setsockopt ignore SO_REUSEADDR on windows
might be confusing for some use cases. Actually net_socket_mcast_create in
net/socket.c should probably set SO_REUSEADDR on windows. This is
also an issue
with patch 3 I supplied that I will address in a new version of this
patch set if there is
an agreement on a general approach.
Sounds like a good idea.  The patch series overall looks good.

Stefan
Thanks for the feedback. I will resubmit the patch series including the change for net_socket_mcast_create and fixes for the style issues you pointed out soon.

When I submitted this new version of the patch set I think I was a little early as there was still some discussion in the thread of the original version. In general, what is a good period to wait before submitting a new version?

Best Regards,
  Sebastian



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