netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 16/16] tipc: make netlink support net namespace

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Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:04:54 +0800
From:	Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<jon.maloy@...csson.com>, <Tero.Aho@...iant.com>,
	<Paul.Gortmaker@...driver.com>, <erik.hugne@...csson.com>,
	<richard.alpe@...csson.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 16/16] tipc: make netlink support net namespace

On 01/09/2015 09:42 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 1/9/2015 10:27 AM, Ying Xue wrote:
> 
>> Currently tipc module only allows users sitting on "init_net" namespace
>> to configure it through netlink interface. But now almost each tipc
>> component is able to be aware of net namespace, so it's time to open
>> the permission for users residing in other namespaces, allowing them
>> to configure their own tipc stack instance through netlink interface.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
>> Tested-by: Tero Aho <Tero.Aho@...iant.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
>> ---
>>   net/tipc/netlink.c |    7 +++++--
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
>> diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c
>> index 282b596..fe0f513 100644
>> --- a/net/tipc/netlink.c
>> +++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c
>> @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ static int handle_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
>> genl_info *info)
>>       int hdr_space = nlmsg_total_size(GENL_HDRLEN + TIPC_GENL_HDRLEN);
>>       u16 cmd;
>>
>> -    if ((req_userhdr->cmd & 0xC000) && (!netlink_capable(skb,
>> CAP_NET_ADMIN)))
>> +    if ((req_userhdr->cmd & 0xC000) &&
>> +        (!netlink_net_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)))
> 
>    Why? Also, it seems like unrelated change...
> 

Without above change, the line length is over 80 characters. Of course,
this change is not much related to what the patch is really doing.

Regards,
Ying

> [...]
> 
> WBR, Sergei
> 
> 
> 

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