linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] admin-guide: extend perf-security with resource control, data categories and privileged users

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Message-ID: <20190217161428.6b43608a@lwn.net>
Date:   Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:14:28 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
        <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] admin-guide: extend perf-security with resource
 control, data categories and privileged users

On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:32:33 +0300
Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> The patch set extends the first version of perf-security.rst documentation
> file [1], [2], [3] with the following topics:
> 
> 1) perf_events/Perf resource limits and control management that describes
>    RLIMIT_NOFILE and perf_event_mlock_kb settings for processes conducting
>    performance monitoring;
> 
> 2) categories of system and performance data that can be captured by
>    perf_events/Perf with explicit designation of process sensitive data;
> 
> 3) possible steps to create perf_event/Perf privileged users groups for 
>    the current implementations of perf_events syscall API [4] and Perf tool;

I've applied the set, thanks.

jon