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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/
On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 11:27:17AM +0100, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
> > - if ( !suser () ) return -EPERM;
> > + if ( !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ) return -EPERM;
>
> Please think further about these random changes. CAP_SYS_ADMIN
> is already bloated with useless junk and these aren't helping
> the situation.
>
> These cases in mtrr.c are clearly CAP_SYS_RAWIO.

Clearly? How do MTRR changes relate to rawio ?


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