Re: [PATCH] getrusage sucks

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* Alan Cox ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Gwe, 2005-11-11 at 23:38 +0100, Claudio Scordino wrote:
> > +                if ((current->euid != tsk->euid) &&
> > +                (current->euid != tsk->uid)) {
> > +                        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> > +                        return -EINVAL;
> 
> 
> Would be -EPERM also wants a 'privilege' check. Not sure which would be
> best here - CAP_SYS_ADMIN seems to be the 'default' used

It's already available via /proc w/out protection.  And ditto via posix
cpu timers.
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