netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: relax SO_TXTIME CAP_NET

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CA+FuTScacw8w_bf+bnR4KYUTVrWSqfbnZFbtzATsqFZerGS5eg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 May 2020 13:11:04 -0400
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: relax SO_TXTIME CAP_NET_ADMIN check

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 1:05 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Now sch_fq has horizon feature, we want to allow QUIC/UDP applications
> to use EDT model so that pacing can be offloaded to the kernel (sch_fq)
> or the NIC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Thanks Eric! This will really help with enabling pacing offload in
real workloads.