Re: Why is FIBMAP ioctl root only?

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:17:14 +0100
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
>   I guess subject says it all - why is FIBMAP ioctl restricted only to
> root (CAP_SYS_RAWIO)? Corresponding ioctl for XFS is allowed without any
> special capabilities so we are inconsistent here too...
>   Would anyone mind if the check is removed?

It would be great if it was but it involves a *lot* of work.

Alan
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