--- man2/kcmp.2 | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/kcmp.2 b/man2/kcmp.2 index 5cde64e..fcfe711 100644 --- a/man2/kcmp.2 +++ b/man2/kcmp.2 @@ -187,7 +187,12 @@ is invalid. Insufficient permission to inspect process resources. The .B CAP_SYS_PTRACE -capability is required to inspect processes that you do not own. +capability is required to inspect processes that you do not own. Other +limitations on ptrace apply, such as +.BR CONFIG_SECURITY_YAMA , +which when /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope is 2 (the default) limits +.BR kcmp() +to child processes. .TP .B ESRCH Process -- 1.8.4.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html