netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ethtool: don't require CAP_NET_ADMIN for ETHTOOL

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Date:   Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:38:44 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     bernat@...fy.cx
Cc:     mlichvar@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, decot@...glers.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethtool: don't require CAP_NET_ADMIN for
 ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS

From: Vincent Bernat <bernat@...fy.cx>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:44:40 +0100

>  ❦ 24 novembre 2016 10:55 +0100, Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com> :
> 
>> The ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS command is deprecating the ETHTOOL_GSET
>> command and likewise it shouldn't require the CAP_NET_ADMIN
>> capability.
> 
> Could this patch be pushed to stable branches too?

Sure, queued up.