linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] oom: unify CAP_SYS_RAWIO check into other superuser check

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1006162118160.14101@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:18:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] oom: unify CAP_SYS_RAWIO check into other superuser
 check

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:

> 
> Now, CAP_SYS_RAWIO check is very strange. if the user have both
> CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO, points will makes 1/16.
> 
> Superuser's 1/4 bonus worthness is quite a bit dubious, but
> considerable. However 1/16 is obviously insane.
> 

This is already obsoleted by the heuristic rewrite that is already under 
review.
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