adjust /proc/PID/oom_score_adj with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE

[Azat Khuzhin]

Recently I needed in adjusting /proc/PID/oom_score_adj to disable oom killer,
but I didn't want to add suid/or run from root that binary.

I decided to use CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. However it didn't work.

I gdb/strace/printk a lot, and finally found the reason,
the process can't open this file for writing because pid_revalidate()
change i_uid/i_gid for it to GLOBAL_ROOT_UID/GID.
And to bypass this check I must to use CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, which is not so good,
because this will allow more capabilities than I need for that binary.

Is this works by design,
and/or is there another way to do this without suid/root?

Thanks!

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Respectfully
Azat Khuzhin
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