Re: [PATCH v7 10/12] drivers/oprofile: open access for CAP_PERFMON privileged process

From: James Morris
Date: Tue Feb 18 2020 - 14:46:13 EST


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 <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Reviewed-by: James Morris <jamorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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