Re: [PATCH v7 08/12] parisc/perf: open access for CAP_PERFMON privileged process

James Morris <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:29:00 +1100 (AEDT)
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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 <[email protected]>


Reviewed-by: James Morris <[email protected]>

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James Morris
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