Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] pci: check caps from sysfs file open to readdevice dependent config space

[Greg KH]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:43:07AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Alan Cox (alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > I agree with the problem - but IMHO the fix is to require opening the file
> > checks CAP_SYS_something instead: not to hack the read method and make it
> > even weirder and more un-Linux than it is now.
> 
> This patch does that.  Not as convenient from the KVM/libvirt point of view
> because it is not prepared to do this setup before dropping privileges
> and launching the VM.

So does that mean that this patch doesn't solve your original problem
here?

thanks,

greg k-h
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