Re: [PATCH] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics

2014-07-30 Thread Banerjee, Debabrata
Hi, On 7/30/14, 3:33 PM, "Julian Anastasov" wrote: >On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Debabrata Banerjee wrote: > >> commit d23ff701643a4a725e2c7a8ba2d567d39daa29ea introduced netlink >>support for >> the new tcp_metrics, however it restricted getting of tcp_metrics to >>root user >> only. This is a change fr

Re: [PATCH] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics

2014-07-30 Thread Julian Anastasov
Hello, On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Debabrata Banerjee wrote: > commit d23ff701643a4a725e2c7a8ba2d567d39daa29ea introduced netlink support for > the new tcp_metrics, however it restricted getting of tcp_metrics to root user > only. This is a change from how these values could have been fetched w

Re: [PATCH] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics

2014-07-30 Thread Sergei Shtylyov
Hello. On 07/30/2014 09:13 PM, Debabrata Banerjee wrote: commit d23ff701643a4a725e2c7a8ba2d567d39daa29ea introduced netlink support for Please also specify that commit's summary line in parens. the new tcp_metrics, however it restricted getting of tcp_metrics to root user only. This is a

[PATCH] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics

2014-07-30 Thread Debabrata Banerjee
commit d23ff701643a4a725e2c7a8ba2d567d39daa29ea introduced netlink support for the new tcp_metrics, however it restricted getting of tcp_metrics to root user only. This is a change from how these values could have been fetched when in the old route cache. Unless there's a legitimate reason to restr