dropwatch command failed to find NET_DM family on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 running real time kernel.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • dropwatch command failed to run with error on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 running real time kernel.
    Eg:
# dropwatch
Unable to find NET_DM family, dropwatch can't work
Cleaning up on socket creation error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (Santiago)
  • kernel-rt-3.2.23-rt37.56.el6rt.x86_64 or earlier.
  • dropwatch

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