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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/7] cpu-timers: high-resolution CPU clocks for POSIX clock_* syscalls
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I'd vote for
> not exposing them any more than necessary (ie the current incidental "ps"
> interface is quite enough), at least until somebody can come up with a
> very powerful example of why exposing them is a good idea.

Indeed. It's so much easier to grant additional rights at a later time
than to take something away for whatever reasons.

Globally accessible clocks would need to have the semantic carefully
defined, SELinux hooks would have to be added etc.

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