3 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/util/oslib-posix.c b/util/oslib-posix.c
index 253bc3df2e..e00a44c86f 100644
--- a/util/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/util/oslib-posix.c
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ void qemu_set_nonblock(int fd)
     fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, f | O_NONBLOCK);
 }
 
+int socket_set_fast_reuse(int fd)
+{
+    int val = 1, ret;
+
+    ret = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
+                     (const char *)&val, sizeof(val));
+
+    assert(ret == 0);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 void qemu_set_cloexec(int fd)
 {
     int f;
diff --git a/util/oslib-win32.c b/util/oslib-win32.c
index 983b7a2375..776ccfaaf0 100644
--- a/util/oslib-win32.c
+++ b/util/oslib-win32.c
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ void qemu_set_nonblock(int fd)
     qemu_fd_register(fd);
 }
 
+int socket_set_fast_reuse(int fd)
+{
+    /* Enabling the reuse of an endpoint that was used by a socket still in
+     * TIME_WAIT state is usually performed by setting SO_REUSEADDR. On Windows
+     * fast reuse is the default and SO_REUSEADDR does strange things. So we
+     * don't have to do anything here. More info can be found at:
+     * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms740621.aspx */
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *ia)
 {
     uint32_t addr = inet_addr(cp);
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 095716ecdb..6b97dc11f9 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int inet_listen_opts(QemuOpts *opts, int port_offset, Error **errp)
             continue;
         }
 
-        qemu_setsockopt(slisten, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on));
+        socket_set_fast_reuse(slisten);
 #ifdef IPV6_V6ONLY
         if (e->ai_family == PF_INET6) {
             /* listen on both ipv4 and ipv6 */
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int inet_connect_addr(struct addrinfo *addr, bool *in_progress,
         error_set_errno(errp, errno, QERR_SOCKET_CREATE_FAILED);
         return -1;
     }
-    qemu_setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on));
+    socket_set_fast_reuse(sock);
     if (connect_state != NULL) {
         qemu_set_nonblock(sock);
     }
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ int inet_dgram_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
         error_set_errno(errp, errno, QERR_SOCKET_CREATE_FAILED);
         goto err;
     }
-    qemu_setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on));
+    socket_set_fast_reuse(sock);
 
     /* bind socket */
     if (bind(sock, local->ai_addr, local->ai_addrlen) < 0) {