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-rw-r--r--doc/socket.n2
-rw-r--r--win/tclWinSock.c17
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/socket.n b/doc/socket.n
index 532ea2e..823dbd5 100644
--- a/doc/socket.n
+++ b/doc/socket.n
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ actively listening on it. This is the default on Windows.
\fB\-reuseport\fI boolean\fR
.
Tells the kernel whether to allow the binding of multiple sockets to the same
-address and port as long as all of them specify the \fB-reuseport\fR option.
+address and port.
.PP
Server channels cannot be used for input or output; their sole use is to
accept new client connections. The channels created for each incoming
diff --git a/win/tclWinSock.c b/win/tclWinSock.c
index b228730..af22cf8 100644
--- a/win/tclWinSock.c
+++ b/win/tclWinSock.c
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx(
Tcl_Interp *interp, /* For error reporting - may be NULL. */
int port, /* Port number to open. */
const char *myHost, /* Name of local host. */
- unsigned int flags, /* Flags (not used) */
+ unsigned int flags, /* Flags. */
Tcl_TcpAcceptProc *acceptProc,
/* Callback for accepting connections from new
* clients. */
@@ -2053,6 +2053,7 @@ Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx(
char channelName[SOCK_CHAN_LENGTH];
u_long flag = 1; /* Indicates nonblocking mode. */
const char *errorMsg = NULL;
+ int optvalue;
if (TclpHasSockets(interp) != TCL_OK) {
return NULL;
@@ -2111,9 +2112,17 @@ Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx(
}
/*
- * Bind to the specified port. Note that we must not call
- * setsockopt with SO_REUSEADDR or SO_REUSEPORT because Microsoft
- * allows addresses and ports to be reused even if they are still in use.
+ * The SO_REUSEADDR option on Windows behaves like SO_REUSEPORT on unix
+ * systems.
+ */
+ if (flags & TCL_TCPSERVER_REUSEPORT) {
+ optvalue = 1;
+ (void) setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
+ (char *) &optvalue, sizeof(optvalue));
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Bind to the specified port.
*
* Bind should not be affected by the socket having already been
* set into nonblocking mode. If there is trouble, this is one