Re: [PATCH] kvm: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO requirement from kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_irq

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On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 09:46:31AM -0400, Alex Williamson wrote:
> Remove this check in an effort to allow kvm guests to run without
> root privileges.  This capability check doesn't seem to add any
> security since the device needs to have already been added via the
> assign device ioctl and the io actually occurs through the pci
> sysfs interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

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