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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:57:12 +0300
From: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
 Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
 Jonatan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>,
 linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
 "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst
 file and extend perf_event_paranoid documentation


To facilitate informed decision making by system administrators [1]
to permit and manage access to Perf Events (perf_events) / Perf tool (Perf) [2],[3] 
performance monitoring for multiple users perf-security.rst document 
suggested by Thomas Gleixner is introduced [4] that:

a) states perf_events/Perf access security concerns for multi user environment
b) refers to base Linux access control and management principles
c) extends documentation of possible perf_event_paranoid knob settings 

The file serves as single knowledge source for perf_events/Perf security and 
access control related matter according to decisions, discussion and  
PoC prototype previously made here [5],[6].

The file can later be extended with information describing:

a) perf_events/Perf usage models and its security implications
b) perf_events/Perf user interface, its changes and related security implications
c) security related implications of monitoring by a specific perf_events PMU [2]

---
Alexey Budankov (2):
  Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file
  Documentation/admin-guide: update admin-guide index.rst

 Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst         |  1 +
 Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst

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