From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] net: Use netlink_ns_capable to verify the permisions of netlink messages Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 17:54:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20140508.175423.2045530728114992634.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20140508142939.201b3e07@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org, luto@amacapital.net, security@kernel.org, vgoyal@redhat.com, serge@hallyn.com, ssorce@redhat.com, ebiederm@xmission.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jorge@dti2.net To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:59546 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753348AbaEHVyZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2014 17:54:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Linus Torvalds Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 14:41:43 -0700 > Annoying. We may have to revert the changes because of the > regression, even though it sounds like the new semantics would > actually be preferred for the very application that regresses... I think we really have to go with the new semantics, personally.