linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] scsi: require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to write to procfs interface

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Message-ID: <20171105102942.GA31503@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 5 Nov 2017 11:29:42 +0100
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>
Cc:     Aleksa Sarai <asarai@...e.de>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Valentin Rothberg <vrothberg@...e.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] scsi: require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to write to procfs
 interface

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On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 08:11:20PM +1100, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> I've booted it on a few of my laptops, and nothing seemed to break. Is
> there a particular test-suite you'd recommend that I run?

Workloads/tools that normally interact with this file would be the best
ones, right?  Odds are, your normal "laptop booting/running" mode does
not do anything with this file.

thanks,

greg k-h