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

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 22:03:15 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:54:12 +0000 you 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.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v1] net: devmem: document that bind-tx is unprivileged by design
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/73b3fc67a493

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