3 files changed, 35 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/erl_epmd.erl b/lib/kernel/src/erl_epmd.erl
index b4fae24ef3..f6e2ca0954 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/erl_epmd.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/erl_epmd.erl
@@ -85,24 +85,19 @@ port_please1(Node,HostName, Timeout) ->
       Else
   end.
 
-names() -> 
+names() ->
     {ok, H} = inet:gethostname(),
     names(H).
 
-names(HostName) when is_atom(HostName) ->
-  names1(atom_to_list(HostName));
-names(HostName) when is_list(HostName) ->
-  names1(HostName);
-names(EpmdAddr) ->
-  get_names(EpmdAddr).
-
-names1(HostName) ->
+names(HostName) when is_atom(HostName); is_list(HostName) ->
   case inet:gethostbyname(HostName) of
     {ok,{hostent, _Name, _ , _Af, _Size, [EpmdAddr | _]}} ->
       get_names(EpmdAddr);
     Else ->
       Else
-  end.
+  end;
+names(EpmdAddr) ->
+  get_names(EpmdAddr).
 
 
 register_node(Name, PortNo) ->
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl b/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl
index 41d422d7d4..d17da2d329 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl
@@ -1257,9 +1257,9 @@ open(FdO, Addr, Port, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module)
 	Error ->
 	    Error
     end;
-open(Fd, _Addr, _Port, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module)
+open(Fd, Addr, Port, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module)
   when is_integer(Fd) ->
-    fdopen(Fd, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module).
+    fdopen(Fd, Addr, Port, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module).
 
 bindx(S, [Addr], Port0) ->
     {IP, Port} = set_bindx_port(Addr, Port0),
@@ -1298,12 +1298,35 @@ change_bindx_0_port({_IP, _Port}=Addr, _AssignedPort) ->
 	{'ok', socket()} | {'error', posix()}.
 
 fdopen(Fd, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module) ->
-    case prim_inet:fdopen(Protocol, Family, Type, Fd) of
+    fdopen(Fd, any, 0, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module).
+
+fdopen(Fd, Addr, Port, Opts, Protocol, Family, Type, Module) ->
+    IsAnyAddr = (Addr == {0,0,0,0} orelse Addr == {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0} 
+                 orelse Addr == any),
+    Bound = Port == 0 andalso IsAnyAddr,
+    case prim_inet:fdopen(Protocol, Family, Type, Fd, Bound) of
 	{ok, S} ->
 	    case prim_inet:setopts(S, Opts) of
 		ok ->
-		    inet_db:register_socket(S, Module),
-		    {ok, S};
+                    case if
+                             Bound ->
+                                 %% We do not do any binding if default
+                                 %% port+addr options where given in order
+                                 %% to keep backwards compatability with
+                                 %% pre Erlang/TOP 17
+                                 {ok, ok};
+                             is_list(Addr) ->
+                                 bindx(S, Addr, Port);
+                             true ->
+                                 prim_inet:bind(S, Addr, Port)
+                         end of
+                        {ok, _} ->
+                            inet_db:register_socket(S, Module),
+                            {ok, S};
+                        Error  ->
+                            prim_inet:close(S),
+                            Error
+                    end;
 		Error ->
 		    prim_inet:close(S), Error
 	    end;
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/net_adm.erl b/lib/kernel/src/net_adm.erl
index 3f5eac7822..2cdfb76417 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/net_adm.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/net_adm.erl
@@ -89,18 +89,13 @@ names() ->
 
 
 -spec names(Host) -> {ok, [{Name, Port}]} | {error, Reason} when
-      Host :: atom() | string(),
+      Host :: atom() | string() | inet:ip_address(),
       Name :: string(),
       Port :: non_neg_integer(),
       Reason :: address | file:posix().
 
 names(Hostname) ->
-    case inet:gethostbyname(Hostname) of
-	{ok, {hostent, _Name, _ , _Af, _Size, [Addr | _]}} ->
-	    erl_epmd:names(Addr);
-	Else ->
-	    Else
-    end.
+    erl_epmd:names(Hostname).
 
 -spec dns_hostname(Host) -> {ok, Name} | {error, Host} when
       Host :: atom() | string(),