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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h index b3643e27e264..6e5e7caa3739 100644 --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h @@ -1994,10 +1994,11 @@ union bpf_attr { * * This helper works for IPv4 and IPv6, TCP and UDP sockets. The * domain (*addr*\ **->sa_family**) must be **AF_INET** (or - * **AF_INET6**). Looking for a free port to bind to can be - * expensive, therefore binding to port is not permitted by the - * helper: *addr*\ **->sin_port** (or **sin6_port**, respectively) - * must be set to zero. + * **AF_INET6**). It's advised to pass zero port (**sin_port** + * or **sin6_port**) which triggers IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT-like + * behavior and lets the kernel efficiently pick up an unused + * port as long as 4-tuple is unique. Passing non-zero port might + * lead to degraded performance. * Return * 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure. * |