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Message-ID: <20100701095815.GA26227@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:58:15 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	2nddept-manager@....hitachi.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 2.6.35-rc3-tip 0/11]  Uprobes Patches:


* Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com> wrote:

> > - Plus the security model is an open question as well. Right now it's
> >   root-only, but it would make sense to allow users to insert probes into 
> >   their own apps. This brings up the next point:
> 
> Hmm, put a probe in user-space(by owner) may be good. But
> inside the kernel, there are more sensitive informations...

Yeah, clearly. Nevertheless this should not limit user-space probes.

	Ingo
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