* Re: [PATCH v2] block: grant IOPRIO_CLASS_RT to CAP_SYS_NICE
[not found] <20200824221034.2170308-1-khazhy@google.com>
@ 2020-08-30 1:00 ` Bart Van Assche
2020-09-01 22:49 ` Khazhismel Kumykov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bart Van Assche @ 2020-08-30 1:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Khazhismel Kumykov, Jens Axboe
Cc: Serge Hallyn, Paolo Valente, linux-block, linux-kernel,
linux-security-module, linux-api
On 2020-08-24 15:10, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote:
> CAP_SYS_ADMIN is too broad, and ionice fits into CAP_SYS_NICE's grouping.
>
> Retain CAP_SYS_ADMIN permission for backwards compatibility.
>
> Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com>
> ---
> block/ioprio.c | 2 +-
> include/uapi/linux/capability.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> v2: fix embarrassing logic mistake
> diff --git a/block/ioprio.c b/block/ioprio.c
> index 77bcab11dce5..276496246fe9 100644
> --- a/block/ioprio.c
> +++ b/block/ioprio.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int ioprio_check_cap(int ioprio)
>
> switch (class) {
> case IOPRIO_CLASS_RT:
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> return -EPERM;
> /* fall through */
> /* rt has prio field too */
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
> index 395dd0df8d08..c6ca33034147 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
> @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ struct vfs_ns_cap_data {
> processes and setting the scheduling algorithm used by another
> process. */
> /* Allow setting cpu affinity on other processes */
> +/* Allow setting realtime ioprio class */
> +/* Allow setting ioprio class on other processes */
>
> #define CAP_SYS_NICE 23
From https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-api-ml.html:
"all Linux kernel patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed
to linux-api@vger.kernel.org"
So I have added the linux-api mailing list to the Cc-list. Anyway:
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
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* Re: [PATCH v2] block: grant IOPRIO_CLASS_RT to CAP_SYS_NICE
2020-08-30 1:00 ` [PATCH v2] block: grant IOPRIO_CLASS_RT to CAP_SYS_NICE Bart Van Assche
@ 2020-09-01 22:49 ` Khazhismel Kumykov
2020-09-01 22:51 ` Jens Axboe
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Khazhismel Kumykov @ 2020-09-01 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bart Van Assche
Cc: Jens Axboe, Serge Hallyn, Paolo Valente, linux-block,
Linux Kernel Mailing List, linux-security-module, linux-api
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On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 6:00 PM Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> wrote:
>
> From https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-api-ml.html:
> "all Linux kernel patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed
> to linux-api@vger.kernel.org"
>
> So I have added the linux-api mailing list to the Cc-list. Anyway:
Thanks, sorry for missing that!
>
> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Jens, does this change look good?
khazhy
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* Re: [PATCH v2] block: grant IOPRIO_CLASS_RT to CAP_SYS_NICE
2020-09-01 22:49 ` Khazhismel Kumykov
@ 2020-09-01 22:51 ` Jens Axboe
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2020-09-01 22:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Khazhismel Kumykov, Bart Van Assche
Cc: Serge Hallyn, Paolo Valente, linux-block,
Linux Kernel Mailing List, linux-security-module, linux-api
On 9/1/20 4:49 PM, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 6:00 PM Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> wrote:
>>
>> From https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-api-ml.html:
>> "all Linux kernel patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed
>> to linux-api@vger.kernel.org"
>>
>> So I have added the linux-api mailing list to the Cc-list. Anyway:
> Thanks, sorry for missing that!
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
>
> Jens, does this change look good?
Yes, I'll queue it up for 5.10.
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Jens Axboe
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