agp: remove uid comparison as security check

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In the face of containers and user namespaces, a uid==0 check for
security is not safe.  Switch to a capability check.

I'm not sure I picked the right capability, but this being AGP
CAP_SYS_RAWIO seemed to make sense.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>

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serue@us.ibm.com 2007-12-05 13:55:36 -08:00 • committed by Dave Airlie

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