Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 May 2010 12:06:36 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] pci: check caps from sysfs file open to read device dependent config space |
| |
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:43:07AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote: > * Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote: > > I agree with the problem - but IMHO the fix is to require opening the file > > checks CAP_SYS_something instead: not to hack the read method and make it > > even weirder and more un-Linux than it is now. > > This patch does that. Not as convenient from the KVM/libvirt point of view > because it is not prepared to do this setup before dropping privileges > and launching the VM.
So does that mean that this patch doesn't solve your original problem here?
thanks,
greg k-h
| |