Received: by 2002:a25:1506:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id 6csp6195114ybv; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:47:32 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzBpUmTy7vyQjJZFkxVzdtG/lDexfCBX3WMTXLc62j8bO3IJ6UjjvhiVn0l78nuak5sEb9r X-Received: by 2002:a9d:66d1:: with SMTP id t17mr17665587otm.233.1582055252747; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:47:32 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1582055252; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=KmJrrj+B+U9PSXLe+pXfD3La9r5fEMTR4ytL0r/0H5lwD+lq+v9cG9WvVKvhyF+xIu UMHjd52LN1RAeHbzPzU10ojqeFm0ZRuAu5VPM0Rd43aRFgvsFVdchdMDeaXstpDzGw4a oisD0OXep8H1ToXd3hhCEOvmOj+9H1tRs2rIdlbeXTPxmmJKjJVGQtPsoBG7Q4yJr6zd vysA3RewKIuULlry6bA9MOyYxnL+UaXt7c1IiTHOqPVudjDHssxKNnO61iOf53PS3RRL 2YOXudzlOG21t64Cu3hXfmVLZhQl5MvTpplGu7nD7hK5ExQ2S/Znw51Cv2CBDOPl/7fu 5FjQ== 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=jD3V8m9zsuT6n2jkH4AEmy2/uxZi8eZD6LLI8Ouk4Fs8zahanmRZnMFy33IRAZI6n9 ewjtRiD4/vKQO0gTpgPKbsQYt3P3KMYBxAKLPcw/CCNSUNKWy4QZAxBlcPpZ2ycHGane ROHNk7WiE29NYH7nkERwZHZJUzoxy43Qj4SEsoeL49r5GLyMnPXa1pxzXhPv5KQSMOCj FpKNrLWcAk+QBs3H3uS/JXssxfm71FtsW+Qoz+7/0sOsMj9WPuigqjg7KbZVeTWqARWS 6pJQ0oLIS+7oiPnUkTSndc3kPo3+7f4IGYBJXtKVDRjhXd2jtPzieSK9kMzNgh8KCOri 0CRA== 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 x2si2324674otk.29.2020.02.18.11.47.20; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:47:32 -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 S1726492AbgBRTqM (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:46:12 -0500 Received: from namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:46926 "EHLO namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726339AbgBRTqM (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:46:12 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by namei.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 01IJiQMI016417; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:44:26 GMT Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:44:26 +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 10/12] drivers/oprofile: open access for CAP_PERFMON privileged process In-Reply-To: <046beedf-e074-58e2-579d-df535799169c@linux.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <046beedf-e074-58e2-579d-df535799169c@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