Subject: Re: network-namespace and NETLINK_INET_DIAG - kernel v3.2.39-longterm

From: [email-masked] (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:01:43 -0800

Dilip Daya <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Eric et al,
>
> Re: Network-namespace and NETLINK_INET_DIAG
>
> => Network namespace (kernel v3.2.39-longterm) not allowing /bin/ss
>    missing information from structs tcp_info  and  inet_diag_meminfo.
>    This is fixed in kernel v3.6-rc1. Are there identifiable patchsets
>    from kernel v3.6-rc1 that can be easily backported to
>    kernel v3.2.x-longterm ??

Possibly.  Certainly the patches that changed this were INET_DIAG
specific.  Take a look in the git history.

Not having a feature implemented is not the same as a bug.  So I don't
expect anyone is in a rush to backport this.

Eric