Checks whether the given port is available

def checkPortAvailable(ha):
    """Checks whether the given port is available"""
    # Not sure why OS would allow binding to one type and not other.
    # Checking for port available for TCP and UDP.
    sockTypes = (socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    for typ in sockTypes:
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, typ)
        try:
            sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
            sock.bind(ha)
            if typ == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
                l_onoff = 1
                l_linger = 0
                sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_LINGER,
                                struct.pack('ii', l_onoff, l_linger))
        except OSError as exc:
            if exc.errno in [
                errno.EADDRINUSE, errno.EADDRNOTAVAIL,
                WS_SOCKET_BIND_ERROR_ALREADY_IN_USE,
                WS_SOCKET_BIND_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE
            ]:
                raise PortNotAvailable(ha)
            else:
                raise exc
        finally:
            sock.close()