From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miroslav Lichvar Subject: [PATCH] net: ethtool: don't require CAP_NET_ADMIN for ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:55:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20161124095506.25791-1-mlichvar@redhat.com> Cc: David Decotigny To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:39542 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964839AbcKXJzc (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Nov 2016 04:55:32 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS command is deprecating the ETHTOOL_GSET command and likewise it shouldn't require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. Signed-off-by: Miroslav Lichvar --- net/core/ethtool.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c index 9774898..047a175 100644 --- a/net/core/ethtool.c +++ b/net/core/ethtool.c @@ -2479,6 +2479,7 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr) case ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO: case ETHTOOL_GEEE: case ETHTOOL_GTUNABLE: + case ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS: break; default: if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) -- 2.9.3