From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 22:05:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD869106567E; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stas@ht-systems.ru) Received: from smtp.ht-systems.ru (mr0.ht-systems.ru [78.110.50.55]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62FF68FC0C; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stas@ht-systems.ru) Received: from [195.161.9.2] (helo=sputnik.SpringDaemons.com) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1KRa4y-0006yg-94; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:05:00 +0400 Received: by sputnik.SpringDaemons.com (Postfix, from userid 1024) id 6F9CB94229C; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:08:38 +0400 (MSD) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:08:38 +0400 From: Stanislav Sedov To: "Peter Wemm" Message-Id: <20080809020838.d63be5da.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: References: <200808081631.m78GVG9i088754@repoman.freebsd.org> <200808081427.42536.jhb@freebsd.org> <20080808185133.GG97161@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <200808081459.54735.jhb@freebsd.org> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-XMPP: ssedov@jabber.ru X-Voice: +7 916 849 20 23 X-PGP-Fingerprin: F21E D6CC 5626 9609 6CE2 A385 2BF5 5993 EB26 9581 X-Mailer: carrier-pigeon Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Sat__9_Aug_2008_02_08_38_+0400_8PwclSpFQMA1qBpj" Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin , cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Stanislav Sedov , Kostik Belousov Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 Makefile cpuctl.4 src/sys/amd64/amd64 support.S src/sys/amd64/conf NOTES src/sys/amd64/include cpufunc.h specialreg.h src/sys/conf files.amd64 files.i386 src/sys/dev/cpuctl cpuctl.c ... X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:05:02 -0000 --Signature=_Sat__9_Aug_2008_02_08_38_+0400_8PwclSpFQMA1qBpj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:02:19 -0700 "Peter Wemm" mentioned: >=20 > I just don't think it is particularly useful to add a restriction / > priv check for information that is available in an unprivileged > fashion by other means. I think the priv check should go away since > it doesn't achieve anything. >=20 Yeah, that's why cpuctl(4) has priv checks only for wrmsr and update features. Using this checks one can control how much to grant to the root user. --=20 Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE --Signature=_Sat__9_Aug_2008_02_08_38_+0400_8PwclSpFQMA1qBpj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkicw+YACgkQK/VZk+smlYHtygCfUIakTKqUaKt+rRLIKVXg3EZU HKkAn04ggJpUJZ25K5njzX2UAlcnnhtD =euKT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sat__9_Aug_2008_02_08_38_+0400_8PwclSpFQMA1qBpj--