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-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 8d139f4acf23..6b4618902d3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ typedef __u32 kernel_cap_t;
/* Allow enabling/disabling tagged queuing on SCSI controllers and sending
arbitrary SCSI commands */
/* Allow setting encryption key on loopback filesystem */
+/* Allow setting zone reclaim policy */
#define CAP_SYS_ADMIN 21
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index cfffe5098d53..ab631a3c62c3 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1375,6 +1375,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_set_zone_reclaim(unsigned int node, unsigned int zone,
struct zone *z;
int i;
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EACCES;
+
if (node >= MAX_NUMNODES || !node_online(node))
return -EINVAL;