Received: by 2002:a25:1506:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id 6csp6183085ybv; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:32:16 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwO2g5k1GTtwgX6Njd1r+76G9vc4sKqETV4mIzylmUKYP9GRyRK2/eI31OWamQ3LvkZ3GbH X-Received: by 2002:aca:d507:: with SMTP id m7mr2195033oig.48.1582054336539; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:32:16 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1582054336; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=Pw14MZzqGJMTdC2/RiTP3R343JuC7pCNYCDjLysjmiozpGf7sZFco4hakP8zMkflSa 6HjQgXFMYB5cGIR++q5S0LNgKzFhnHvMb2jlOSbnko3XGToY5tt4VSJEmrHxF75wK94V +kTpJ983RgVNsQTzaUP6nKQonrBRYJN969DHo7+/qvkeXOWNbBX7vDO8AIX3UIiyYpcR VXFt23q4A560kja32LR6kDZlLV1jbggUHzDdQ1vDwAA/ebfyBZyCa06ockXXRGmlm0Ja FCYvxRzjs+BlQbIYov6N0F/ZG6805ip5ONchZ87L3VNyGBwvPh4e/wv9hTHWhTZg+wON /I1Q== 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=bqvCI+Jyrrzobv8Jo6qbnOniDyd7jTfXgBT6cBdi+U8=; b=Djr/YyEe5XzfzI8JPLF4BrK1WmIYGE5cpb7bXy2naOS/7l9T0m4NSxGKbt1qYbwdTT xmQalTYdRAIidLigZ6F2s/OvXvlNub2OsRj2DycC0Q5DlAxTWE26CM/nTVT1A0SymdoV swboiQlQ3zxZ6Dz8V0VG7tPwC91HyAbRKiMsVl7rS+K0fO7yXfPaVcELswKoMSzztaLM +brA8O069Rab+MTJC+1BbY+EpxOn+mRbo2ZKe94M2XtdCAfm6SjCzdR2IHly9NeNXir7 evU5tNUIdqAjMWvTyCnTe7za7dePDNs9ONn6ANH5UGSvrPNH9vPXsXAs7oZipuWMazWk /BPA== 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 x20si8396812oix.155.2020.02.18.11.32.03; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:32:16 -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 S1726548AbgBRTar (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:30:47 -0500 Received: from namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:46832 "EHLO namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726283AbgBRTar (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:30:47 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by namei.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 01IJT09I014208; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:29:00 GMT Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:29:00 +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 08/12] parisc/perf: open access for CAP_PERFMON privileged process In-Reply-To: <29e45605-7a3c-944b-7bea-5959f8ff0793@linux.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <29e45605-7a3c-944b-7bea-5959f8ff0793@linux.intel.com> 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