On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 12:23:19PM +0000, Niklas Cassel wrote: > From: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@xxxxxxx> > > Allow the following blk-zoned ioctls: BLKREPORTZONE, BLKRESETZONE, > BLKOPENZONE, BLKCLOSEZONE, and BLKFINISHZONE to be performed without > CAP_SYS_ADMIN. > > Neither read() nor write() requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, and considering > the close relationship between read()/write() and these ioctls, there > is no reason to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for these ioctls either. > > Changes since v2: > -Drop the FMODE_READ check from patch 2/2. > Right now it is possible to open() the device with O_WRONLY > and get the zone report from that fd. Therefore adding a > FMODE_READ check on BLKREPORTZONE would break existing applications. > Instead, just remove the existing CAP_SYS_ADMIN check. > > > Niklas Cassel (2): > blk-zoned: allow zone management send operations without CAP_SYS_ADMIN > blk-zoned: allow BLKREPORTZONE without CAP_SYS_ADMIN > > block/blk-zoned.c | 6 ------ > 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.31.1 Hello Jens, A gentle ping on this series. I think it has sufficient Reviewed-by tags by now. Kind regards, Niklas
