netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/smc: allow unprivileged users to read pnet table

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:40:22 +0100 (CET)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ndev@...pl.net
Cc:     kgraul@...ux.ibm.com, ubraun@...ux.ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/smc: allow unprivileged users to read
 pnet table

From: Hans Wippel <ndev@...pl.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:04:46 +0100

> The current flags of the SMC_PNET_GET command only allow privileged
> users to retrieve entries from the pnet table via netlink. The content
> of the pnet table may be useful for all users though, e.g., for
> debugging smc connection problems.
> 
> This patch removes the GENL_ADMIN_PERM flag so that unprivileged users
> can read the pnet table.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans Wippel <ndev@...pl.net>

Seems reasonable, applied, thanks.