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SubjectRe: [PATCH] yama: clarify ptrace_scope=2 in Yama documentation
On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 10:47:23PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Current phrasing is ambiguous since it's unclear if attaching to a
> children through PTRACE_TRACEME requires CAP_SYS_PTRACE. Rephrase the
> sentence to make that clear.

I disagree that your sentence makes that clear. How about:

> 2 - admin-only attach:
> - only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace
> - with ``PTRACE_ATTACH``, or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``.
> + only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace, either with
> + ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``.

+ only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace. This
+ restricts both ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` and ``PTRACE_TRACEME``.

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