[PATCH V4 20/38] x86/intel_rdt: Protect against resource group changes during locking

2018-05-22 Thread Reinette Chatre
We intend to modify file permissions to make the "tasks", "cpus", and "cpus_list" not accessible to the user when cache pseudo-locking in progress. Even so, it is still possible for the user to force the file permissions (using chmod) to make them writeable. Similarly, directory permissions will

[PATCH V4 20/38] x86/intel_rdt: Protect against resource group changes during locking

2018-05-22 Thread Reinette Chatre
We intend to modify file permissions to make the "tasks", "cpus", and "cpus_list" not accessible to the user when cache pseudo-locking in progress. Even so, it is still possible for the user to force the file permissions (using chmod) to make them writeable. Similarly, directory permissions will