Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:16:06 +0400 | From | Cyrill Gorcunov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] prctl: Add PR_SET_MM option description |
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:07:38AM +1300, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> > >> It would make sense if the capability requirements were finalized > >> before 3.3 is released. Changing them after 3.3 creates (at least a > >> little) pain for userspace. > >> > > > > OK. I'll update and send a patch out. > > Take a look at http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/capabilities.7.html > > The two most obvious alternatives are CAP_SYS_RESOURCE and > CAP_SYS_NICE. Maybe CAP_SYS_NICE is better? I say this because of the > (slight) similarity to existing operations in the CAP_SYS_NICE list. >
Well, dunno Michael, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE looks a bit metter for me since the process is modifying own 'resources' (in term of what it owns). Maybe Andrew or Tejun have something to say?
Cyrill
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