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: <c26bd0a2-f0a3-47d4-0ff8-620a677d7a91@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:56:30 +0300
From:   Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
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 18.02.2019 2:14, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> 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.

Thanks a lot Jon!

~Alexey

> 
> jon
>