Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-19 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, December 16, 2016 01:16:15 PM John Stultz wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting John Stultz (john.stu...@linaro.org): > >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > >> > Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpa...@gmail.com)

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-17 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
On 12/16/2016 09:10 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpa...@gmail.com): >> On 12/16/2016 01:44 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote: >>> On 12/15/2016 4:31 PM, John Stultz wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 12/15/2016 11:4

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-16 Thread John Stultz
On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting John Stultz (john.stu...@linaro.org): >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: >> > Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpa...@gmail.com): >> >> On 12/16/2016 01:44 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote: >> >> > On 12

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-16 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting John Stultz (john.stu...@linaro.org): > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpa...@gmail.com): > >> On 12/16/2016 01:44 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > >> > On 12/15/2016 4:31 PM, John Stultz wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 20

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-16 Thread John Stultz
On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpa...@gmail.com): >> On 12/16/2016 01:44 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote: >> > On 12/15/2016 4:31 PM, John Stultz wrote: >> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Casey Schaufler >> >> wrote: >> >>> On

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-16 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpa...@gmail.com): > On 12/16/2016 01:44 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > > On 12/15/2016 4:31 PM, John Stultz wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Casey Schaufler > >> wrote: > >>> On 12/15/2016 11:41 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-16 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
On 12/15/2016 09:40 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 12/15/2016 11:41 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> Hello Casey, >> >> On 12/15/2016 05:29 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: >>> On 12/15/2016 3:40 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: [...] * To determine which existing capabilit

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-16 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
On 12/16/2016 01:44 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 12/15/2016 4:31 PM, John Stultz wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Casey Schaufler >> wrote: >>> On 12/15/2016 11:41 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: On 12/15/2016 05:29 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > CAP_WAKE_ALARM could re

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-15 Thread Casey Schaufler
On 12/15/2016 4:31 PM, John Stultz wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Casey Schaufler > wrote: >> On 12/15/2016 11:41 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >>> On 12/15/2016 05:29 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: CAP_WAKE_ALARM could readily be CAP_TIME. >>> Actually, I don't quite underst

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-15 Thread John Stultz
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 12/15/2016 11:41 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> On 12/15/2016 05:29 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: >>> CAP_WAKE_ALARM could readily be CAP_TIME. >> Actually, I don't quite understand what you mean with that sentence. >> Could you

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-15 Thread Casey Schaufler
On 12/15/2016 11:41 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hello Casey, > > On 12/15/2016 05:29 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: >> On 12/15/2016 3:40 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Because the topic every now then comes up "which capability >>> should I associate with t

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-15 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello Casey, On 12/15/2016 05:29 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 12/15/2016 3:40 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Because the topic every now then comes up "which capability >> should I associate with the new feature that I'm adding to >> the kernel?", I propose to add

Re: RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-15 Thread Casey Schaufler
On 12/15/2016 3:40 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hello all, > > Because the topic every now then comes up "which capability > should I associate with the new feature that I'm adding to > the kernel?", I propose to add the text below to the > capabilities(7) man page [1] with some reco

RFC: capabilities(7): notes for kernel developers

2016-12-15 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello all, Because the topic every now then comes up "which capability should I associate with the new feature that I'm adding to the kernel?", I propose to add the text below to the capabilities(7) man page [1] with some recommendations on how to go about choosing. I would be happy to get feed