netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Add SO_REUSEPORT_LISTEN

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Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:32:20 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Tolga Ceylan <tolga.ceylan@...il.com>,
	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>, cgallek@...gle.com,
	Josh Snyder <josh@...e406.com>,
	Aaron Conole <aconole@...heb.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Add SO_REUSEPORT_LISTEN_OFF socket option as
 drain mode

On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 19:00 +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:

> OK so this means we have to find a way to expand it to allow an individual
> non-privileged process to change the distribution algorithm without impacting
> other processes.

Just to clarify : Installing a BPF filter on a SO_REUSEPORT socket is
not a privileged operation.