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[patch] allow IP_RECVIF setsockopt with inet pledge
On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 11:33:16AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2026/04/16 08:25, Matthew Luckie wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have written a small program that runs unpriviledged that uses
> > IP_RECVIF to obtain the interface a UDP datagram arrives on. I would
> > like to be able to pledge("inet stdio") but pledge does not allow
> > IP_RECVIF. I think it should be able to -- pledge_sockopt() allows
> > the equivalent functionality provided by IPV6_RECVPKTINFO.
>
> Adding this makes sense to me. While some software using this is able
> to do it during init before pledging (e.g. ripd) that doesn't really
> make sense for simpler software where this might be wanted, and as you
> say, IPV6_RECVPKTINFO is allowed already.
The model of setting IP_RECVIF at init before pledging works for my
current use case as well. I should have thought more carefully about
that. So, I don't need the patch to kern_pledge.c given other concern
in this thread. Sorry for the noise (but hopefully the ip.4 patch is
still useful)
[patch] allow IP_RECVIF setsockopt with inet pledge