Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Complaint - pid-owner Support Removed (CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER) | | From | valdis.kletnieks@vt ... | | Date | Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:20:09 -0400 |
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:41:21 +1000, NeilBrown said: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:22:10 +0200 "C. Schmid" <christian.schmid81@gmx.de> wrote: > > i want to complain about the removal of the --pid-owner Support for iptables. > > As far as i understand it this support was just removed without replacement. > > Yes, 7 years ago.
> "Unfixably broken"
Even *before* it was removed, it declared itself "broken on SMP" (which is a good hint on exactly *why* it was unfixable), and why it's not applicable to most modern desktop systems anyhow - even an iPad is a dual-core.
And to be honest, the "Linux only cares about big iron not the desktop" is a total red herring - if anything, many laptops *are* essentially a single-user environment, while big iron boxes are even *more* concerned about per-user issues. I just checked one of the compute clusters across the hall, 1100+ actual users defined. How often do desktops/laptops have that many real live users?
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