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author | Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> | 2006-03-25 03:07:41 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-25 08:22:56 -0800 |
commit | 12b5989be10011387a9da5dee82e5c0d6f9d02e7 (patch) | |
tree | 74da71d407bf26bf97c639bb2b473de233a736ac /include | |
parent | 77d47582c2345e071df02afaf9191641009287c4 (diff) | |
download | lwn-12b5989be10011387a9da5dee82e5c0d6f9d02e7.tar.gz lwn-12b5989be10011387a9da5dee82e5c0d6f9d02e7.zip |
[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')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/capability.h | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/security.h | 22 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index 5a23ce752629..6548b35ab9f6 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 b18eb8cfa639..3c19be35124b 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; |