Re: [Patch] proc: drop write permission on 'timer_list' and'slabinfo'

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Mon Aug 17 2009 - 12:42:05 EST


On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> > slab needs the write permissions for tuning!
>
> Oh, crap, you're right, I had forgotten about that. It's probably best to keep
> slub permissions as-is, no?

slub perms can be changed. The patch is okay for that. But there is no
write method in slub. Effectively it makes no difference. Just the
display is nicer in /proc.


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