Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754034Ab0GAJ6b (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 05:58:31 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:43635 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751174Ab0GAJ6a (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 05:58:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:58:15 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Srikar Dronamraju , Peter Zijlstra , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Steven Rostedt , LKML , Frederic Weisbecker , Thomas Gleixner , 2nddept-manager@sdl.hitachi.co.jp Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 2.6.35-rc3-tip 0/11] Uprobes Patches: Message-ID: <20100701095815.GA26227@elte.hu> References: <20100629183454.32537.63582.sendpatchset@localhost6.localdomain6> <20100701050216.GI23231@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20100701081942.GA19826@elte.hu> <4C2C5D41.40807@hitachi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C2C5D41.40807@hitachi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.1 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.1 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.1 BAYES_05 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 1 to 5% [score: 0.0116] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 18 * Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > > - Plus the security model is an open question as well. Right now it's > > root-only, but it would make sense to allow users to insert probes into > > their own apps. This brings up the next point: > > Hmm, put a probe in user-space(by owner) may be good. But > inside the kernel, there are more sensitive informations... Yeah, clearly. Nevertheless this should not limit user-space probes. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/