tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics
commit d23ff701 (tcp: add generic netlink support for tcp_metrics) introduced netlink support for the new tcp_metrics, however it restricted getting of tcp_metrics to root user only. This is a change from how these values could have been fetched when in the old route cache. Unless there's a legitimate reason to restrict the reading of these values it would be better if normal users could fetch them. Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Debabrata Banerjee <dbanerje@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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