Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file

2018-11-26 Thread Alexey Budankov
On 26.11.2018 23:28, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:57:21 +0300 > Alexey Budankov wrote: > +For the purpose of performing security checks Linux implementation splits +processes into two categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective +user ID is 0,

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file

2018-11-26 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:57:21 +0300 Alexey Budankov wrote: > >> +For the purpose of performing security checks Linux implementation splits > >> +processes into two categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose > >> effective > >> +user ID is 0, referred to as superuser or root), and b) unprivi

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file

2018-11-26 Thread Alexey Budankov
Hello Jon, On 25.11.2018 22:47, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:14:14 +0300 > Alexey Budankov wrote: > >> +For the purpose of performing security checks Linux implementation splits >> +processes into two categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose >> effective >> +user ID i

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file

2018-11-25 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:14:14 +0300 Alexey Budankov wrote: > +For the purpose of performing security checks Linux implementation splits > +processes into two categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective > +user ID is 0, referred to as superuser or root), and b) unprivileged > proces

[PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file

2018-11-21 Thread Alexey Budankov
Implement initial version of perf-security.rst documentation file initially covering security concerns related to perf_events/Perf performance monitoring in multiuser environments. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov --- Changes in v2: - replaced PCL referencing by per

[PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file

2018-11-20 Thread Alexey Budankov
Implement initial version of perf-security.rst documentation file initially covering security concerns related to PE/Perf performance monitoring in multiuser environments. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov --- Changes in v2: - replaced old PCL referencing by PE (Perf