Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] sg_io: introduce unpriv_sgio queue flag

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On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 06:25:13PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> This queue flag will let unprivileged users send any SG_IO command to the
> device, without any filtering.  This makes it possible to run a program
> where you want to access the full range of SCSI commands, while still
> running as confined as possible.  With this patch, such a program will
> not need the CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability anymore, and will also not be
> able to send SCSI commands to a partition (which would affect the full
> disk).
> 
> Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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tejun
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