fix(linux): keep attribution for connections that predate startup - #575
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The shared-inode rejection now applies only to the startup snapshot. The live procfs table keeps a deterministic owner (lowest PID), so a pre-forking server's inherited listener stays attributable. Also validate the snapshot owner's start time: comm alone does not survive PID reuse.
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Summary
CAP_BPFandCAP_PERFMONeBPF setup.Snapshot matches still require the same tuple, socket inode, PID, and process name. Live attribution always wins.
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cargo fmt --all -- --checkcargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warningscargo test --workspace --all-featurescargo audit(two allowed transitive warnings)Includes an ignored real-kernel iterator test for privileged execution.
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CHANGELOG.mdUnreleased