From d823f6bfec2844493c05961133895de21fa0e02d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li Zefan Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:00:07 -0700 Subject: devcgroup: fix odd behaviour when writing 'a' to devices.allow # cat /devcg/devices.list a *:* rwm # echo a > devices.allow # cat /devcg/devices.list a *:* rwm a 0:0 rwm This is odd and maybe confusing. With this patch, writing 'a' to devices.allow will add 'a *:* rwm' to the whitelist. Also a few fixes and updates to the document. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Cc: Pavel Emelyanov Cc: Serge E. Hallyn Cc: Paul Menage Cc: Balbir Singh Cc: James Morris Cc: Chris Wright Cc: Stephen Smalley Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/controllers/devices.txt | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt b/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt index 4dcea42432c2..7cc6e6a60672 100644 --- a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ either an integer or * for all. Access is a composition of r The root device cgroup starts with rwm to 'all'. A child device cgroup gets a copy of the parent. Administrators can then remove devices from the whitelist or add new entries. A child cgroup can -never receive a device access which is denied its parent. However +never receive a device access which is denied by its parent. However when a device access is removed from a parent it will not also be removed from the child(ren). @@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ allows cgroup 1 to read and mknod the device usually known as echo a > /cgroups/1/devices.deny -will remove the default 'a *:* mrw' entry. +will remove the default 'a *:* rwm' entry. Doing + + echo a > /cgroups/1/devices.allow + +will add the 'a *:* rwm' entry to the whitelist. 3. Security -- cgit v1.2.3