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add comments regarding SO_REUSEADDR
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@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ void xlisten(int s, int backlog);
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void xconnect(int s, const struct sockaddr *s_addr, socklen_t addrlen);
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ssize_t xsendto(int s, const void *buf, size_t len, const struct sockaddr *to,
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socklen_t tolen);
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/* SO_REUSEADDR allows a server to rebind to an address that is already
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* "in use" by old connections to e.g. previous server instance which is
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* killed or crashed. Without it bind will fail until all such connections
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* time out. Linux does not allow multiple live binds on same ip:port
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* regardless of SO_REUSEADDR (unlike some other flavors of Unix).
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* Turn it on before you call bind(). */
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//TODO: it seems like in Linux this never fails. Change to void, eliminate error checks
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int setsockopt_reuseaddr(int fd);
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int setsockopt_broadcast(int fd);
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/* NB: returns port in host byte order */
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@ -318,6 +325,7 @@ int xsocket_stream(len_and_sockaddr **lsap);
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* numeric IP ("N.N.N.N") or numeric IPv6 address,
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* and can have ":PORT" suffix (for IPv6 use "[X:X:...:X]:PORT").
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* Only if there is no suffix, port argument is used */
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/* NB: these set SO_REUSEADDR before bind */
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int create_and_bind_stream_or_die(const char *bindaddr, int port);
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int create_and_bind_dgram_or_die(const char *bindaddr, int port);
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/* Create client TCP socket connected to peer:port. Peer cannot be NULL.
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@ -345,7 +353,7 @@ len_and_sockaddr* xhost_and_af2sockaddr(const char *host, int port, sa_family_t
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#define host_and_af2sockaddr(host, port, af) ((void)(af), host2sockaddr((host), (port)))
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#define xhost_and_af2sockaddr(host, port, af) ((void)(af), xhost2sockaddr((host), (port)))
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#endif
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/* Assign sin[6]_port member if the socket is of corresponding type,
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/* Assign sin[6]_port member if the socket is an AF_INET[6] one,
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* otherwise no-op. Useful for ftp.
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* NB: does NOT do htons() internally, just direct assignment. */
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void set_nport(len_and_sockaddr *lsa, unsigned port);
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