From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:55:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:55:16 -0400 Received: from deimos.hpl.hp.com ([192.6.19.190]:8663 "EHLO deimos.hpl.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:55:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:55:16 -0700 To: Andi Kleen Cc: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, jt@hpl.hp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Multicast netlink for non-root process Message-ID: <20020611165516.B23007@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Reply-To: jt@hpl.hp.com In-Reply-To: <20020611141330.A22927@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <200206112140.BAA14401@sex.inr.ac.ru> <20020612013101.A22399@wotan.suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organisation: HP Labs Palo Alto Address: HP Labs, 1U-17, 1501 Page Mill road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. E-mail: jt@hpl.hp.com From: Jean Tourrilhes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 01:31:01AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 01:40:45AM +0400, A.N.Kuznetsov wrote: > > Hello! > > > > > One potential reason is that some of the message may contain > > > data that is root only. But this should be handled with a finer > > > granularity. > > > > Exactly. Taking into account that it is not handled with a finer granularity, > > it is restricted in a facsict manner. > > The only problematic protocols are nf_queue and the firewall netlink I guess. > > This (barely tested) patch should relax it for rtnetlink at least: The path works fine here. At least, my non-root app get all the event proper. Thanks a lot for your quick turnaround. I hope it will show up in 2.5.X someday ;-) Jean