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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Subject: Re: network-namespace and NETLINK_INET_DIAG - kernel v3.2.39-longterm
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:01:43 -0800
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Dilip Daya <dilip.daya@hp.com> writes:

> Hi Eric et al,
>
> Re: Network-namespace and NETLINK_INET_DIAG
>
> => Network namespace (kernel v3.2.39-longterm) not allowing /bin/ss
>    missing information from structs tcp_info  and  inet_diag_meminfo.
>    This is fixed in kernel v3.6-rc1. Are there identifiable patchsets
>    from kernel v3.6-rc1 that can be easily backported to
>    kernel v3.2.x-longterm ??

Possibly.  Certainly the patches that changed this were INET_DIAG
specific.  Take a look in the git history.

Not having a feature implemented is not the same as a bug.  So I don't
expect anyone is in a rush to backport this.

Eric