linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO requirement from kvm_vm_ioctl_assign

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Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 19:54:31 -0300
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	chrisw@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO requirement from
 kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_irq

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 09:46:31AM -0400, Alex Williamson wrote:
> Remove this check in an effort to allow kvm guests to run without
> root privileges.  This capability check doesn't seem to add any
> security since the device needs to have already been added via the
> assign device ioctl and the io actually occurs through the pci
> sysfs interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.

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