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SubjectRe: capable open_port() check wrong for kmem
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carbonated beverage <ramune@net-ronin.org> writes:

> I found that I can't open /dev/kmem O_RDONLY. The open_mem
> and open_kmem calls (open_port()) in drivers/char/mem.c checks for
> CAP_SYS_RAWIO.
>
> Is there a possibility of splitting that off into a read and
> write pair, i.e. CAP_SYS_RAWIO_WRITE, CAP_SYS_RAWIO_READ?
>
> If not, is there a way to grant read-only access to /dev/kmem?

You may want to look at this thread:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=87smza1p7f.fsf%40goat.bogus.local>

Regards, Olaf.
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