From: jamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:07:25 -0500

> On Thu, 2006-09-02 at 01:46 +0300, Alexey Kuznetsov wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > > What about the dilemma of when there are no netlink sockets
> > > involved? ;-> 
> > > i.e what is the semantics when there is no netlink socket to map them
> > > to, such as in the case of ioctl?
> > 
> > 0, which is legal address of kernel socket.
> > 
> > In this case it means that "kernel" did the operation.
> 
> Ok, that settles it then - so I have no qualms with the patch.
> All along i was looking at the nl_pid as a representation of
> "who ordered the operation" not "who did the operation"
> I actually have found such knowledge useful in user space.
> It is a good thing Hasso is writing the manpages because he
> has good grasp of the whole thing.

I'll put in the patch either tonight or tomorrow.
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