Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:15:12 -0800 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: setting up CDB filters in udev (was Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] block: add queue-private command filter, editable via sysfs) |
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On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 08:17:54PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > IMHO that's the best option for now - if it fixes the specific case of > concern right now. It's a trivial interface, it's trivial security (need > to check CAP_SYS_RAWIO to flip) and it means that the job can be done > properly when there is consensus without a whole extra legacy API stuck > behind.
Oh yeah, fully agreed. We could just set the sysfs file only writeable by root (basically just setting perm to 0644). Would the CAP_SYS_RAWIO distinction matter?
Thanks.
-- tejun
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