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We intend to modify file permissions to make the "tasks", "cpus", and "cpus_list" not accessible to the user when cache pseudo-locking in progress. Even so, it is still possible for the user to force the file permissions (using chmod) to make them writeable. Similarly, directory permissions will be modified to prevent future monitor group creation but the user can override these restrictions also. Add additional checks to the files we intend to restrict to ensure that no modifications from user space are attempted while setting up a pseudo-locking or after a pseudo-locked region is set up. Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: fenghua.yu@intel.com Cc: tony.luck@intel.com Cc: vikas.shivappa@linux.intel.com Cc: gavin.hindman@intel.com Cc: jithu.joseph@intel.com Cc: dave.hansen@intel.com Cc: hpa@zytor.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/0c5cb006e81ead0b8bfff2df530c5d3017fd31d1.1529706536.git.reinette.chatre@intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.