Re: [PATCHv7 2.6.35-rc3-tip 0/11] Uprobes Patches:

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Jul 01 2010 - 05:58:35 EST



* Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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