Re: [PATCH man-pages 3/4] process_madvise.2: CAP_SYS_ADMIN cleanup

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Hi Zach,

On 10/17/22 19:55, Zach OKeefe wrote:
From: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Since commit 96cfe2c0fd23 ("mm/madvise: replace ptrace attach
requirement for process_madvise"), process_madvise(2) has only
required CAP_SYS_NICE capability.  Update the man page to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  man2/process_madvise.2 | 3 ++-
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/process_madvise.2 b/man2/process_madvise.2
index 6208206e4..7bee1a098 100644
--- a/man2/process_madvise.2
+++ b/man2/process_madvise.2
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ check (see
  in addition,
  because of the performance implications of applying the advice,
  the caller must have the
-.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+.\" commit 96cfe2c0fd23ea7c2368d14f769d287e7ae1082e
+.B CAP_SYS_NICE

Would it make sense to keep some parentheses specifying that in old kernels CAP_SYS_ADMIN was requiring instead?

Cheers,
Alex

  capability.
  .SH RETURN VALUE
  On success,

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