From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Einar Lueck Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] tcp: introduce raw access to experimental options Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:12:27 +0100 Message-ID: <50B5E38B.4020107@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <1353084898-42264-1-git-send-email-elelueck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20121116.134424.1929556546744828875.davem@davemloft.net> <50ACE496.20705@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, frankbla@de.ibm.com, raspl@de.ibm.com, ubacher@de.ibm.com, samudrala@us.ibm.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com ([195.75.94.106]:53572 "EHLO e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753507Ab2K1KMd (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:12:33 -0500 Received: from /spool/local by e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:12:32 -0000 Received: from d06av07.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av07.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.37.248]) by b06cxnps4076.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id qASACLqC1835356 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:12:21 GMT Received: from d06av07.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av07.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by d06av07.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id qAS9QFIA013268 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:26:15 -0500 In-Reply-To: <50ACE496.20705@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/21/2012 03:26 PM, Einar Lueck wrote: > On 11/16/2012 07:44 PM, David Miller wrote: >> >> Unprivileged access to set and fetch these things? I don't think >> that's a good idea. >> >> Also, your code has a lot of coding style errors. >> > > Would a restriction to a CAP_NET_ADMIN like privilege level address and > resolve your concerns? > > Thx, > Einar. Would CAP_NET_ADMIN address your concerns? If would go ahead then and work on a corresponding new version of the patch. Thx, Einar.