linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 10/12] drivers/oprofile: open access for CAP

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.21.2002190644070.10165@namei.org>
Date:   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:44:26 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 10/12] drivers/oprofile: 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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