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socket-util: attempt SO_RCVBUFFORCE/SO_SNDBUFFORCE only if SO_RCVBUF/…
…SO_SNDBUF fails Both SO_SNDBUFFORCE and SO_RCVBUFFORCE requires capability 'net_admin'. If this capability is not granted to the service the first attempt to increase the recv/snd buffers (via sd_notify()) with SO_RCVBUFFORCE/SO_SNDBUFFORCE will fail, even if the requested size is lower than the limit enforced by the kernel. If apparmor is used, the DENIED logs for net_admin will show up. These log entries are seen as red warning light, because they could indicate that a program has been hacked and tries to compromise the system. It would be nicer if they can be avoided without giving services (relying on sd_notify) net_admin capability or dropping DENIED logs for all such services via their apparmor profile. I'm not sure if sd_notify really needs to forcibly increase the buffer sizes, but at least if the requested size is below the kernel limit, the capability (hence the log entries) should be avoided. Hence let's first ask politely for increasing the buffers and only if it fails then ignore the kernel limit if we have sufficient privileges.
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