Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: devmem: document that bind-tx is unprivileged by design

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 9/21/26 9:54 PM, Mina Almasry wrote:
> Unlike bind-rx, which configures shared NIC RX queues to steer incoming
> traffic into the caller's dmabuf and requires CAP_NET_ADMIN
> (uns-admin-perm), bind-tx only DMA-maps the caller's dmabuf so the caller
> can transmit from it on their own sockets without affecting other traffic
> or device configuration.
>
> Add a comment in netdev.yaml and above netdev_nl_bind_tx_doit() to make it
> explicit that NETDEV_CMD_BIND_TX is unprivileged by design.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>