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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:28:40 +1100 (AEDT)
From: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 07/12] powerpc/perf: open access for CAP_PERFMON
privileged process
On Mon, 17 Feb 2020, Alexey Budankov wrote:
> 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_PERFMON
> capability.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: James Morris <jamorris@...ux.microsoft.com>
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