linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/1] x86, ptrace: PEBS support

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:15:36 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>,
	andi-suse@...stfloor.org, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	markus.t.metzger@...il.com, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
	roland@...hat.com, mtk.manpages@...il.com, eranian@...glemail.com,
	juan.villacis@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] x86, ptrace: PEBS support


> Should we skip the RLIMIT_MEMLOCK check if capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK)?

FWIW I don't think we should. They are not really related.

> It's a fairly large patch.

The original version was much smaller -- a lot of the increase came out of
review feedback for "more infrastructure" etc. I don't think you can blame
Markus for that.

-Andi
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