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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	"open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@vger.kernel.org>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>,
	Rom Lemarchand <romlem@android.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>,
	Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com>,
	Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>,
	Christian Poetzsch <christian.potzsch@imgtec.com>,
	Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	"Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
	Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] cgroup: Add new capability to allow a process to migrate other tasks between cgroups
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:47:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161213184703.GB17672@htj.duckdns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b23a2c1f-d720-e299-caea-45a642ee0981@schaufler-ca.com>

Hello, Casey.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:32:14AM -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > The trouble is that CAP_SYS_NICE or _RESOURCE (which was tried in an
> > earlier version of this patch) aren't necessarily appropriate for
> > non-android systems. See Andy's objection here:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/11/8/946
> 
> Then we need to see what those as-yet-unimplemented systems
> require and how to address them. I don't think that taking
> the "someone might want it" approach is really appropriate.

I understands that there can be reservations regarding adding a new
CAP but this isn't about someone possibly wanting it in the future.
It's more about overloading existing CAPs leading to permitting
unintended operations.  e.g. ppl who've been delegating
CAP_SYS_RESOURCES would automatically end up delegating cgroup
organization without intending so.  Using an existing cap would have
been nice but it just doesn't look like we have a good one to
overload.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

      reply	other threads:[~2016-12-13 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-13  1:39 [PATCH v5] cgroup: Add new capability to allow a process to migrate other tasks between cgroups John Stultz
     [not found] ` <1481593143-18756-1-git-send-email-john.stultz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13  1:40   ` John Stultz
2016-12-13  9:47   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-12-13 16:08     ` John Stultz
     [not found]       ` <CALAqxLVz4WH5T7mjD1U5XG1pWQCJqsO2LWYcpJ+xDPjRb9QMig-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 18:40         ` Tejun Heo
     [not found]           ` <20161213184057.GA17672-piEFEHQLUPpN0TnZuCh8vA@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 18:47             ` John Stultz
2016-12-13 18:53               ` Tejun Heo
2016-12-13 16:39     ` Casey Schaufler
     [not found]       ` <221e80bd-3d99-6c35-dcd3-b2547f0abb11-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 16:49         ` John Stultz
     [not found]           ` <CALAqxLWaJT=a1Cc2Ja8ZuazjJYi3a2WW9ATB0NFP8670Dyq6bg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 17:17             ` Casey Schaufler
     [not found]               ` <f7ccb39f-bad8-4a78-c796-90927b839494-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 17:24                 ` John Stultz
2016-12-13 17:48                   ` Casey Schaufler
     [not found]                     ` <4c60e1be-c00a-5f26-f5de-7d32b9cb0f62-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 18:13                       ` John Stultz
     [not found]                         ` <CALAqxLUbrO+vzrwgK8_yZS-uru7redOdJCAe2=yA34gwPGC2CQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 18:32                           ` Casey Schaufler
2016-12-13 18:47                             ` Tejun Heo [this message]

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