linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] run-init: Add drop

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Message-ID: <4E389AF9.7040905@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:48:57 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
CC:	"Andrew G. Morgan" <agm@...gle.com>,
	Maximilian Attems <max@...o.at>,
	Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, klibc@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] run-init: Add drop_capabilities support.

On 08/02/2011 04:37 PM, Mike Waychison wrote:
> 
> Perhaps the right approach is to not drop the effective and permitted
> masks as Andrew pointed out, and do all this from kinit, not from
> run-init while /proc is mounted?
> 

Well, we should really move /proc et al into the new root, if nothing
else to match switch_root.

	-hpa

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