[PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/4] bpf: unprivileged BPF access via /dev/bpf

Alexei Starovoitov alexei.starovoitov at gmail.com
Sat Aug 17 15:36:54 UTC 2019


On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 05:16:53PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On August 17, 2019 5:08:45 PM GMT+02:00, Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov at gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 12:22:53AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> >> 
> >> (The one usecase I'd care about is to extend seccomp to do
> >pointer-based
> >> syscall filtering. Whether or not that'd require (unprivileged) ebpf
> >is
> >> up for discussion at KSummit.)
> >
> >Kees have been always against using ebpf in seccomp. I believe he still
> >holds this opinion. Until he changes his mind let's stop bringing
> >seccomp
> >as a use case for unpriv bpf.
> 
> That's why I said "whether or not".
> For the record, I do prefer a non-unpriv-ebpf way.
> It's still something that will most surely come up in the discussion though.

It's very un-kernely way to defer to in-person meetings.
If there is anything to discuss please discuss it on the public mailing list.



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