linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs,procfs: document /proc/PID/* access permission checks

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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:28:03 -0800
From: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs,procfs: document /proc/PID/* access permission
 checks

On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 04:17:47PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> Add a paragraph explaining what sort of capabilities a process would
> need to read procfs data for some other process. Also mention that
> reading data for its own process doesn't require any extra permissions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>