netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] tcp: Initial repair mode

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Date:	Tue, 6 Mar 2012 17:11:47 +0400
From:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] tcp: Initial repair mode

On 03/06/2012 01:55 PM, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> This includes (according the the previous description):
>
> * TCP_REPAIR sockoption
>
> This one just puts the socket in/out of the repair mode.
> Allowed for CAP_SYS_ADMIN and for closed/establised sockets only.
> When repair mode is turned off and the socket happens to be in
> the established state the window probe is sent to the peer to
> 'unlock' the connection.

Why not CAP_NET_ADMIN, or something similar?

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