linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sg_io: allow UNMAP and WRITE SAME without CAP_SYS

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Message-ID: <5050454E.5020301@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:18:22 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	axboe@...nel.dk, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sg_io: allow UNMAP and WRITE SAME without CAP_SYS_RAWIO

Il 12/09/2012 10:05, James Bottomley ha scritto:
> This is why the whole filter thing was mutable via sysfs.  That way the
> admin could set this up per device.  It sounds like this is what you
> want to fix, rather than opening up more holes in an already leaky
> security apparatus.

It is, thanks for the useful history lesson!

Paolo
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