netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/3] capability: introduce CAP_BPF and CAP

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Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:44:18 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, luto@...capital.net
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/3] capability: introduce CAP_BPF and CAP_TRACING

Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org> writes:

> CAP_BPF allows the following BPF operations:
> - Loading all types of BPF programs
> - Creating all types of BPF maps except:
>    - stackmap that needs CAP_TRACING
>    - devmap that needs CAP_NET_ADMIN
>    - cpumap that needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN

Why CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of CAP_NET_ADMIN for cpumap?

-Toke