diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 6cf6c79e11..7885b0748a 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -170,8 +170,13 @@
If the address string is a
single number it is read as port
- number to listen on for both IPv4 and
- IPv6.
+ number to listen on via
+ IPv6. Depending on the value of
+ BindIPv6Only= (see below) this
+ might result in the service being
+ available via both IPv6 and IPv4 (default) or
+ just via IPv6.
+
If the address string is a
string in the format v.w.x.y:z it is
@@ -181,7 +186,12 @@
If the address string is a
string in the format [x]:y it is read
- as IPv6 address x on a port y.
+ as IPv6 address x on a port y. Note
+ that this might make the service
+ available via IPv4, too, depending on
+ the BindIPv6Only=
+ setting (see below).
+ Note that SOCK_SEQPACKET
(i.e. ListenSequentialPacket=)
@@ -286,7 +296,10 @@
default, surprise!) the system wide
default setting is used, as controlled
by
- /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only.
+ /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only,
+ which in turn defaults to the
+ equivalent of
+ .
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index 93f051af47..2504d730dc 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ int config_parse_socket_bind(
s = SOCKET(data);
- if ((b = socket_address_bind_ipv6_only_from_string(rvalue)) < 0) {
+ b = socket_address_bind_ipv6_only_from_string(rvalue);
+ if (b < 0) {
int r;
- if ((r = parse_boolean(rvalue)) < 0) {
+ r = parse_boolean(rvalue);
+ if (r < 0) {
log_error("[%s:%u] Failed to parse bind IPv6 only value, ignoring: %s", filename, line, rvalue);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/src/shared/socket-util.c b/src/shared/socket-util.c
index 7e65f8a691..4908403d9f 100644
--- a/src/shared/socket-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/socket-util.c
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ int socket_address_parse(SocketAddress *a, const char *s) {
} else {
/* Just a port */
- if ((r = safe_atou(s, &u)) < 0)
+ r = safe_atou(s, &u);
+ if (r < 0)
return r;
if (u <= 0 || u > 0xFFFF)