[PATCH v2] net/memif: change socket listener owner uid/gid

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at amd.com
Wed Dec 7 16:43:47 CET 2022


On 12/7/2022 2:41 PM, Junxiao Shi 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.
> 

Do you have an easy way to test unprivileged memif client?

> Signed-off-by: Junxiao Shi <git at mail1.yoursunny.com>

<...>

> @@ -1827,47 +1859,58 @@ rte_pmd_memif_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
>  	flags |= ETH_MEMIF_FLAG_SOCKET_ABSTRACT;
>  
>  	kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(rte_vdev_device_args(vdev), valid_arguments);
> +	if (kvlist == NULL) {
> +		MIF_LOG(ERR, "Invalid kvargs key");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto exit;
> +	}

Thanks Junxiao for updating this, but since it is not really related to
this patch, can you please separate it to another patch?


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