Re: [RFC][PATCH] proc: Relax /proc/<tid>/timerslack_ns capability requirements

[John Stultz]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:50 AM, John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> For ABI preservation, it still allows CAP_SYS_PTRACE tasks to
>> access/modify timerslack values, but I'm fine with removing
>> this if others agree.
>
> Is anything actually using this ABI yet? (Regardless, I'm fine
> allowing both caps.)

Not that I'm aware of... but there may be someone somewhere.

Given it landed in 4.6, I suspect its fairly safe to remove.

thanks
-john