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Merge tag 'perf-for-bpf-2020-05-06' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into bpf-next

CAP_PERFMON for BPF

Alexei Starovoitov committed 6 years ago

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include/uapi/linux/capability.h+7−1
@@ -367,8 +367,14 @@ struct vfs_ns_cap_data { · 366 unmodified lines
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368368 #define CAP_AUDIT_READ 37
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370+/*
371+ * Allow system performance and observability privileged operations
372+ * using perf_events, i915_perf and other kernel subsystems
373+ */
374+
375+#define CAP_PERFMON 38
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371−#define CAP_LAST_CAP CAP_AUDIT_READ
377+#define CAP_LAST_CAP CAP_PERFMON
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373379 #define cap_valid(x) ((x) >= 0 && (x) <= CAP_LAST_CAP)
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