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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , Donald Hunter , Stanislav Fomichev , Nikolay Aleksandrov , Bobby Eshleman References: <20260921195545.493253-1-almasrymina@google.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Daniel Borkmann Autocrypt: addr=daniel@iogearbox.net; keydata= xsFNBGNAkI0BEADiPFmKwpD3+vG5nsOznvJgrxUPJhFE46hARXWYbCxLxpbf2nehmtgnYpAN 2HY+OJmdspBntWzGX8lnXF6eFUYLOoQpugoJHbehn9c0Dcictj8tc28MGMzxh4aK02H99KA8 VaRBIDhmR7NJxLWAg9PgneTFzl2lRnycv8vSzj35L+W6XT7wDKoV4KtMr3Szu3g68OBbp1TV HbJH8qe2rl2QKOkysTFRXgpu/haWGs1BPpzKH/ua59+lVQt3ZupePpmzBEkevJK3iwR95TYF 06Ltpw9ArW/g3KF0kFUQkGXYXe/icyzHrH1Yxqar/hsJhYImqoGRSKs1VLA5WkRI6KebfpJ+ RK7Jxrt02AxZkivjAdIifFvarPPu0ydxxDAmgCq5mYJ5I/+BY0DdCAaZezKQvKw+RUEvXmbL 94IfAwTFA1RAAuZw3Rz5SNVz7p4FzD54G4pWr3mUv7l6dV7W5DnnuohG1x6qCp+/3O619R26 1a7Zh2HlrcNZfUmUUcpaRPP7sPkBBLhJfqjUzc2oHRNpK/1mQ/+mD9CjVFNz9OAGD0xFzNUo yOFu/N8EQfYD9lwntxM0dl+QPjYsH81H6zw6ofq+jVKcEMI/JAgFMU0EnxrtQKH7WXxhO4hx 3DFM7Ui90hbExlFrXELyl/ahlll8gfrXY2cevtQsoJDvQLbv7QARAQABzSZEYW5pZWwgQm9y a21hbm4gPGRhbmllbEBpb2dlYXJib3gubmV0PsLBkQQTAQoAOxYhBCrUdtCTcZyapV2h+93z cY/jfzlXBQJjQJCNAhsDBQkHhM4ACAsJCAcNDAsKBRUKCQgLAh4BAheAAAoJEN3zcY/jfzlX dkUQAIFayRgjML1jnwKs7kvfbRxf11VI57EAG8a0IvxDlNKDcz74mH66HMyhMhPqCPBqphB5 ZUjN4N5I7iMYB/oWUeohbuudH4+v6ebzzmgx/EO+jWksP3gBPmBeeaPv7xOvN/pPDSe/0Ywp dHpl3Np2dS6uVOMnyIsvmUGyclqWpJgPoVaXrVGgyuer5RpE/a3HJWlCBvFUnk19pwDMMZ8t 0fk9O47HmGh9Ts3O8pGibfdREcPYeGGqRKRbaXvcRO1g5n5x8cmTm0sQYr2xhB01RJqWrgcj ve1TxcBG/eVMmBJefgCCkSs1suriihfjjLmJDCp9XI/FpXGiVoDS54TTQiKQinqtzP0jv+TH 1Ku+6x7EjLoLH24ISGyHRmtXJrR/1Ou22t0qhCbtcT1gKmDbTj5TcqbnNMGWhRRTxgOCYvG0 0P2U6+wNj3HFZ7DePRNQ08bM38t8MUpQw4Z2SkM+jdqrPC4f/5S8JzodCu4x80YHfcYSt+Jj ipu1Ve5/ftGlrSECvy80ZTKinwxj6lC3tei1bkI8RgWZClRnr06pirlvimJ4R0IghnvifGQb M1HwVbht8oyUEkOtUR0i0DMjk3M2NoZ0A3tTWAlAH8Y3y2H8yzRrKOsIuiyKye9pWZQbCDu4 ZDKELR2+8LUh+ja1RVLMvtFxfh07w9Ha46LmRhpCzsFNBGNAkI0BEADJh65bNBGNPLM7cFVS nYG8tqT+hIxtR4Z8HQEGseAbqNDjCpKA8wsxQIp0dpaLyvrx4TAb/vWIlLCxNu8Wv4W1JOST wI+PIUCbO/UFxRy3hTNlb3zzmeKpd0detH49bP/Ag6F7iHTwQQRwEOECKKaOH52tiJeNvvyJ pPKSKRhmUuFKMhyRVK57ryUDgowlG/SPgxK9/Jto1SHS1VfQYKhzMn4pWFu0ILEQ5x8a0RoX k9p9XkwmXRYcENhC1P3nW4q1xHHlCkiqvrjmWSbSVFYRHHkbeUbh6GYuCuhqLe6SEJtqJW2l EVhf5AOp7eguba23h82M8PC4cYFl5moLAaNcPHsdBaQZznZ6NndTtmUENPiQc2EHjHrrZI5l kRx9hvDcV3Xnk7ie0eAZDmDEbMLvI13AvjqoabONZxra5YcPqxV2Biv0OYp+OiqavBwmk48Z P63kTxLddd7qSWbAArBoOd0wxZGZ6mV8Ci/ob8tV4rLSR/UOUi+9QnkxnJor14OfYkJKxot5 hWdJ3MYXjmcHjImBWplOyRiB81JbVf567MQlanforHd1r0ITzMHYONmRghrQvzlaMQrs0V0H 5/sIufaiDh7rLeZSimeVyoFvwvQPx5sXhjViaHa+zHZExP9jhS/WWfFE881fNK9qqV8pi+li 2uov8g5yD6hh+EPH6wARAQABwsF8BBgBCgAmFiEEKtR20JNxnJqlXaH73fNxj+N/OVcFAmNA kI0CGwwFCQeEzgAACgkQ3fNxj+N/OVfFMhAA2zXBUzMLWgTm6iHKAPfz3xEmjtwCF2Qv/TT3 KqNUfU3/0VN2HjMABNZR+q3apm+jq76y0iWroTun8Lxo7g89/VDPLSCT0Nb7+VSuVR/nXfk8 R+OoXQgXFRimYMqtP+LmyYM5V0VsuSsJTSnLbJTyCJVu8lvk3T9B0BywVmSFddumv3/pLZGn 17EoKEWg4lraXjPXnV/zaaLdV5c3Olmnj8vh+14HnU5Cnw/dLS8/e8DHozkhcEftOf+puCIl Awo8txxtLq3H7KtA0c9kbSDpS+z/oT2S+WtRfucI+WN9XhvKmHkDV6+zNSH1FrZbP9FbLtoE T8qBdyk//d0GrGnOrPA3Yyka8epd/bXA0js9EuNknyNsHwaFrW4jpGAaIl62iYgb0jCtmoK/ rCsv2dqS6Hi8w0s23IGjz51cdhdHzkFwuc8/WxI1ewacNNtfGnorXMh6N0g7E/r21pPeMDFs rUD9YI1Je/WifL/HbIubHCCdK8/N7rblgUrZJMG3W+7vAvZsOh/6VTZeP4wCe7Gs/cJhE2gI DmGcR+7rQvbFQC4zQxEjo8fNaTwjpzLM9NIp4vG9SDIqAm20MXzLBAeVkofixCsosUWUODxP owLbpg7pFRJGL9YyEHpS7MGPb3jSLzucMAFXgoI8rVqoq6si2sxr2l0VsNH5o3NgoAgJNIg= In-Reply-To: <20260921195545.493253-1-almasrymina@google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 1.4.3/28130/Mon Sep 21 08:24:29 2026) On 9/21/26 9:54 PM, Mina Almasry wrote: > Unlike bind-rx, which configures shared NIC RX queues to steer incoming > traffic into the caller's dmabuf and requires CAP_NET_ADMIN > (uns-admin-perm), bind-tx only DMA-maps the caller's dmabuf so the caller > can transmit from it on their own sockets without affecting other traffic > or device configuration. > > Add a comment in netdev.yaml and above netdev_nl_bind_tx_doit() to make it > explicit that NETDEV_CMD_BIND_TX is unprivileged by design. > > Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann