linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 7/7] parisc/perf: open access for CAP_SYS

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Message-ID: <22abd684-706c-1b3c-3858-e756217c9243@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:19:42 +0300
From:   Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 7/7] parisc/perf: open access for CAP_SYS_PERFMON
 privileged process


Open access to monitoring for CAP_SYS_PERFMON privileged processes.
For backward compatibility reasons access to the monitoring remains open
for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure
monitoring is discouraged with respect to CAP_SYS_PERFMON capability.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
index 676683641d00..58e7d1444e4f 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static ssize_t perf_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	else
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!(capable(CAP_SYS_PERFMON) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)))
 		return -EACCES;
 
 	if (count != sizeof(uint32_t))
-- 
2.20.1