Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:08:38 +0400 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: "Peter Wemm" <peter@wemm.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org>, Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 Makefile cpuctl.4 src/sys/amd64/amd64 support.S src/sys/amd64/conf NOTES src/sys/amd64/include cpufunc.h specialreg.h src/sys/conf files.amd64 files.i386 src/sys/dev/cpuctl cpuctl.c ... Message-ID: <20080809020838.d63be5da.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <e7db6d980808081402w676f91n8570df2e83b1c65d@mail.gmail.com> References: <200808081631.m78GVG9i088754@repoman.freebsd.org> <200808081427.42536.jhb@freebsd.org> <20080808185133.GG97161@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <200808081459.54735.jhb@freebsd.org> <e7db6d980808081402w676f91n8570df2e83b1c65d@mail.gmail.com>
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--Signature=_Sat__9_Aug_2008_02_08_38_+0400_8PwclSpFQMA1qBpj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:02:19 -0700 "Peter Wemm" <peter@wemm.org> mentioned: >=20 > I just don't think it is particularly useful to add a restriction / > priv check for information that is available in an unprivileged > fashion by other means. I think the priv check should go away since > it doesn't achieve anything. >=20 Yeah, that's why cpuctl(4) has priv checks only for wrmsr and update features. Using this checks one can control how much to grant to the root user. --=20 Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE --Signature=_Sat__9_Aug_2008_02_08_38_+0400_8PwclSpFQMA1qBpj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkicw+YACgkQK/VZk+smlYHtygCfUIakTKqUaKt+rRLIKVXg3EZU HKkAn04ggJpUJZ25K5njzX2UAlcnnhtD =euKT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sat__9_Aug_2008_02_08_38_+0400_8PwclSpFQMA1qBpj--
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