Re: [PATCH v2] socket.7: Document some BPF-related socket options

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 ❦  1 mars 2016 11:31 -0500, Craig Gallek <kraigatgoog@xxxxxxxxx> :

>> But, what about the second paragraph mentioned in my other mail. I
>> think we should just kill it. What do you think?
> Ah, that's an interesting question...  I believe the 'typical use
> case' paragraph is correct with removal of the 'privilege' qualifiers
> (and pretty much lifted from the commit message), but I'll defer to
> you as to whether or not it's appropriate for a man page.  There don't
> appear to be other such examples in this specific page and anyone who
> is really interested in the motivation behind the implementation of a
> feature is better off looking at the code and commit messages
> anyway...

The typical use case is still about privileges since a fully privileged
process could just create a similar socket without the filter. It makes
little sense to create a socket, add a filter and lock it if you keep
your privileges.
-- 
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deadly in the long run.
		-- Mark Twain
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