Received: by 2002:a25:1506:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id 6csp6181799ybv; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:30:49 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx/R52ju4a51fghvDroQ9AU3E8kONcgRqsfdGp8pOvVezfTZsIzzy/j7MFKxQPAgjgiRTn7 X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:1289:: with SMTP id z9mr17764950otp.317.1582054249704; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:30:49 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1582054249; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=zRX2tU3FQKhvhqq+rBC/uVpcOQ4Y7htVEDxPsXUFsfM5v4WzuqcksIK/6jJYOhRttD wYCJFa8aqXkU0Sqz0TVk7bMDY8xdk1wa3eOMiH4qNNPHGcsN1DexEz2wxmZFcJlB3Hnz eC96mkAmGmGzjkXN6oRm6xMcuBTnF4qkIrM4kDuHarfp/8AiG4s5TaNjRvu/bD87xvr2 1R5LenxZIPdD5znRZiRwztRGUKkk5advbiGZmUgFFtclFlbMyFG+3pg49IeDIDaEV69G n4/zaLSZVaOsepL1afCKOLFtMTRezXBhWYC8cpDo9HSYTcs+1baEn6ex+ORNRhIq1AFb 29pg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:sender:mime-version:user-agent:references :message-id:in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from:date; bh=AYK1m3GqmftPL/ljiReI19As3QzyWwzAOJ9NA94GV6Y=; b=AC0vKAlqVC+bC96rMgH+RHEFw89/N4oDRoiPdejkjlc8QqeO3ScRtEndu8T3IdvbAF adcJI9+eE2wce8VnwIvaUQWxbvSvNsm8oIjDohcuPObxjP5gYrtBi3ZYY5sc0JOpxycd C2XirgpyAJA9wMwZP9v96yVNaKZArR83cRUDZiqkuKz1B5MMoCEiejuwRgU3XLd0g3nW SShwOuimL/UJffq+VCcmjYkJ/RRpdU9PuoM1u9lyZ6fhhNWLQcaRxam0N8cgvcDKs+tO /4R/RHLH3u9W1s+BpjlNKYO1EY7qcfEnZmAvUdUiTnDUit9/SnFkfakzc3Fcm+1yD/R8 6uOQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id t128si7642232oie.176.2020.02.18.11.30.36; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:30:49 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726488AbgBRTa3 (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:30:29 -0500 Received: from namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:46820 "EHLO namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726283AbgBRTa3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:30:29 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by namei.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 01IJSexZ014160; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:28:41 GMT Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:28:40 +1100 (AEDT) From: James Morris To: Alexey Budankov cc: Serge Hallyn , Stephen Smalley , Peter Zijlstra , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Ingo Molnar , "joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com" , Alexei Starovoitov , Will Deacon , Paul Mackerras , Helge Deller , Thomas Gleixner , Andi Kleen , Stephane Eranian , Igor Lubashev , Jiri Olsa , linux-kernel , "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" , "selinux@vger.kernel.org" , linux-arm-kernel , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , oprofile-list@lists.sf.net, "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 07/12] powerpc/perf: open access for CAP_PERFMON privileged process In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LRH 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 Reviewed-by: James Morris -- James Morris