Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics

2014-07-31 Thread David Miller
From: Debabrata Banerjee Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:50:17 -0400 > commit d23ff7016 (tcp: add generic netlink support for tcp_metrics) 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

[PATCH v2] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics

2014-07-30 Thread Debabrata Banerjee
commit d23ff7016 (tcp: add generic netlink support for tcp_metrics) 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 legiti