From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BDC7D08A for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2018 14:37:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728053AbeJGVpC (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Oct 2018 17:45:02 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:34580 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726616AbeJGVpC (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Oct 2018 17:45:02 -0400 Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 98A1F8AF; Sun, 7 Oct 2018 14:37:36 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 08:37:35 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Kees Cook Cc: Yves-Alexis Perez , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" , LKML , trivial@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] yama: clarify ptrace_scope=2 in Yama documentation Message-ID: <20181007083735.61f117f3@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20181002204722.GA9610@scapa.corsac.net> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 13:52:32 -0700 Kees Cook wrote: > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 1:47 PM, 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. > > > > Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez > > Thanks! Yes, this makes things more clear. > > Acked-by: Kees Cook > > Jon, can you take this in your tree? Applied, thanks. jon