Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:38:26 +0400 | From | Sergei Shtylyov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics |
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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 change from how these values could have been fetched when in > the old route cache. Unless there's a legitimate reason to restrict the reading > of these values it would be better if normal users could fetch them.
> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
You need to sign off on the patch, else it couldn't be applied.
WBR, Sergei
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