Merge branch 'collectd-4.2'

[collectd.git] / src / network.c

diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index a426214..4ed7eb1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -682,6 +682,16 @@ static int network_set_ttl (const sockent_t *se, const struct addrinfo *ai)
 static int network_bind_socket (const sockent_t *se, const struct addrinfo *ai)
 {
        int loop = 0;
+       int yes  = 1;
+
+       /* allow multiple sockets to use the same PORT number */
+       if (setsockopt(se->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
+                               &yes, sizeof(yes)) == -1) {
+                char errbuf[1024];
+                ERROR ("setsockopt: %s", 
+                                sstrerror (errno, errbuf, sizeof (errbuf)));
+               return (-1);
+       }
 
        DEBUG ("fd = %i; calling `bind'", se->fd);