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Sample code to illustrate multiple threads binding on the same port using SO_REUSEPORT option introduced in kernel 3.9. Here is the LWN article on the same https://lwn.net/Articles/542629/
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <pthread.h>
void* do_work(void *arg)
{
int *port = (int *) arg;
int listen_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
int one = 1;
setsockopt(listen_socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR | SO_REUSEPORT, &one, sizeof(one));
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
memset(&serv_addr, 0, sizeof(serv_addr));
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(*port);
int ret = bind(listen_socket, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr));
if (ret == -1)
{
printf("Failed to bind to port\n");
return NULL;
}
listen(listen_socket, 5);
struct sockaddr_in cli_addr;
memset(&cli_addr, 0, sizeof(cli_addr));
int addr_length = sizeof(cli_addr);
do
{
int cli_sock = accept(listen_socket, (struct sockaddr *) &cli_addr, (socklen_t *) &addr_length);
close(cli_sock);
} while (true);
close(listen_socket);
return 0;
}
int main(int ac, const char *av[])
{
if (ac != 2)
{
printf("Usage: liser <port>\n");
return 1;
}
int port = atoi(av[1]);
const int MAX_THREADS = 10;
pthread_t tid[MAX_THREADS];
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_THREADS; i++) {
pthread_create(&tid[i], NULL, do_work, &port);
}
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_THREADS; i++) {
pthread_join(tid[i], NULL);
}
return 0;
}
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