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authorChris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>2006-03-25 03:07:41 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-25 08:22:56 -0800
commit12b5989be10011387a9da5dee82e5c0d6f9d02e7 (patch)
tree74da71d407bf26bf97c639bb2b473de233a736ac /include/linux
parent77d47582c2345e071df02afaf9191641009287c4 (diff)
[PATCH] refactor capable() to one implementation, add __capable() helper
Move capable() to kernel/capability.c and eliminate duplicate implementations. Add __capable() function which can be used to check for capabiilty of any process. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/security.h22
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 5a23ce75262..6548b35ab9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ static inline kernel_cap_t cap_invert(kernel_cap_t c)
#define cap_is_fs_cap(c) (CAP_TO_MASK(c) & CAP_FS_MASK)
-extern int capable(int cap);
+int capable(int cap);
+int __capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap);
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index b18eb8cfa63..3c19be35124 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1040,6 +1040,11 @@ struct swap_info_struct;
* @effective contains the effective capability set.
* @inheritable contains the inheritable capability set.
* @permitted contains the permitted capability set.
+ * @capable:
+ * Check whether the @tsk process has the @cap capability.
+ * @tsk contains the task_struct for the process.
+ * @cap contains the capability <include/linux/capability.h>.
+ * Return 0 if the capability is granted for @tsk.
* @acct:
* Check permission before enabling or disabling process accounting. If
* accounting is being enabled, then @file refers to the open file used to
@@ -1053,11 +1058,6 @@ struct swap_info_struct;
* @table contains the ctl_table structure for the sysctl variable.
* @op contains the operation (001 = search, 002 = write, 004 = read).
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
- * @capable:
- * Check whether the @tsk process has the @cap capability.
- * @tsk contains the task_struct for the process.
- * @cap contains the capability <include/linux/capability.h>.
- * Return 0 if the capability is granted for @tsk.
* @syslog:
* Check permission before accessing the kernel message ring or changing
* logging to the console.
@@ -1099,9 +1099,9 @@ struct security_operations {
kernel_cap_t * effective,
kernel_cap_t * inheritable,
kernel_cap_t * permitted);
+ int (*capable) (struct task_struct * tsk, int cap);
int (*acct) (struct file * file);
int (*sysctl) (struct ctl_table * table, int op);
- int (*capable) (struct task_struct * tsk, int cap);
int (*quotactl) (int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block * sb);
int (*quota_on) (struct dentry * dentry);
int (*syslog) (int type);
@@ -1347,6 +1347,11 @@ static inline void security_capset_set (struct task_struct *target,
security_ops->capset_set (target, effective, inheritable, permitted);
}
+static inline int security_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap)
+{
+ return security_ops->capable(tsk, cap);
+}
+
static inline int security_acct (struct file *file)
{
return security_ops->acct (file);
@@ -2050,6 +2055,11 @@ static inline void security_capset_set (struct task_struct *target,
cap_capset_set (target, effective, inheritable, permitted);
}
+static inline int security_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap)
+{
+ return cap_capable(tsk, cap);
+}
+
static inline int security_acct (struct file *file)
{
return 0;