Re: [PATCH] getrusage sucks

From: Claudio Scordino
Date: Fri Nov 11 2005 - 18:08:41 EST


On Saturday 12 November 2005 00:23, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Gwe, 2005-11-11 at 23:38 +0100, Claudio Scordino wrote:
> > + if ((current->euid != tsk->euid) &&
> > + (current->euid != tsk->uid)) {
> > + read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> Would be -EPERM also wants a 'privilege' check. Not sure which would be
> best here - CAP_SYS_ADMIN seems to be the 'default' used

I would say -EPERM. Any other comment about the patch ?
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