Re: [U2] Multi-threaded phantom processing

So I went looking for options to query the OS for a free port and found an answer on stackoverflow that I think is simply brilliant.
(I hope it's OK to quote from others here? Apologies if not.)

"If your server was told what port to use, just bind() it. Seriously.

Sure, you could parse /proc/net/tcp and see if the port's in use. But then what? You still need to call bind() now that you know your port is free, and it'll tell you if the port was free then anyway, and so there was no point in groveling through /proc/net/tcp and doing all that (slow!) string production and parsing and extra kernel trips through not-very-well-optimized (read: super slow compared to bind()) diagnostic paths, just to get information that could well be out of date before you even finished parsing it. So just call bind() and be happy."

The full article is here for those interested:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10294515/how-do-i-find-in-c-that-a-port-is-free-to-use

So back in UV Basic we'd just call initServerSocket with the desired port number and action according to success or failure!



Peter Cheney
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David A. Green
Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014 22:35
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Subject: Re: [U2] Multi-threaded phantom processing

I don't know how you would query the OS on the fly, but you can do a manual search for a bank of 10 or 20 unused ports and "claim" them.

David A. Green
(480) 201-7953
DAG Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Cheney
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 9:30 PM
To: 'U2 Users List'
Subject: Re: [U2] Multi-threaded phantom processing

Thanks David. As they say "Bigger than Ben-Hur"!

That's a great idea. The server I have is listening on a predetermined port. I trolled through /etc/services and a netstat on the remote host to select something that looked unused.

So then if it the main phantom spawns 1-n children (presumably more phantoms?), it would also need to select 1-n ports which I suppose must also be predetermined? Or is there a call to the OS that can return an unused port? We're on AIX but the remote host is HPUX.

Cheers
Peter



Peter Cheney
Ultracs Developer
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