[RFC PATCH v3] net/memif: change socket listener owner uid/gid

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Nov 16 18:52:50 CET 2022


On Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:14:13 +0000
Junxiao Shi <git at mail1.yoursunny.com> wrote:

> This allows a DPDK application running with root privilege to create a
> memif socket listener with non-root owner uid and gid, which can be
> connected from client applications running without root privilege.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Junxiao Shi <git at mail1.yoursunny.com>

Looks good, hope you tested this with the example.

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>


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