Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:44:21 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 next 5/5] net: modules: use request_module_cap() to load 'netdev-%s' modules |
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@gmail.com> wrote: > This uses the new request_module_cap() facility to directly propagate > CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and the 'netdev' module prefix to the > capability subsystem as it was suggested.
This is the kind of complexity that I wonder if it's worth it at all.
Nobody sane actually uses those stupid capability bits. Have you ever actually seen it used in real life?
They were a mistake, and we should never have done them - another case of security people who think that complexity == security, when in reality nobody actually wants the complexity or is willing to set it up and manage it.
Linus
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