> -----Original Message----- > From: Niklas Cassel <Niklas.Cassel@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 4:57 PM > To: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>; Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx> > Cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] allow blk-zoned ioctls without CAP_SYS_ADMIN > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 09:20:15AM +0200, Niklas Cassel wrote: > > 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 > > Hello again Jens, > > > any chance of this series being picked up? > Hello Jens, Gentle ping. Could you please take a look at this series ? Thanks, Aravind > > Kind regards, > Niklas
