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| author | Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-07-26 22:27:05 -0400 |
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| committer | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2017-09-23 21:15:41 -0700 |
| commit | ab5348c9c23cd253f5902980d2d8fe067dc24c82 (patch) | |
| tree | d38fb063da3df1edd50a78ff0fdb397e7d3ccc56 /security/commoncap.c | |
| parent | 53a2ebaaabc1eb8458796fec3bc1e0e80746b642 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-ab5348c9c23cd253f5902980d2d8fe067dc24c82.tar.gz lwn-ab5348c9c23cd253f5902980d2d8fe067dc24c82.zip | |
security: fix description of values returned by cap_inode_need_killpriv
cap_inode_need_killpriv returns 1 if security.capability exists and
has a value and inode_killpriv() is required, 0 otherwise. Fix the
description of the return value to reflect this.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/commoncap.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/commoncap.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index 7abebd782d5e..123426900d25 100644 --- a/security/commoncap.c +++ b/security/commoncap.c @@ -300,10 +300,10 @@ static inline void bprm_clear_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm) * * Determine if an inode having a change applied that's marked ATTR_KILL_PRIV * affects the security markings on that inode, and if it is, should - * inode_killpriv() be invoked or the change rejected? + * inode_killpriv() be invoked or the change rejected. * - * Returns 0 if granted; +ve if granted, but inode_killpriv() is required; and - * -ve to deny the change. + * Returns 1 if security.capability has a value, meaning inode_killpriv() + * is required, 0 otherwise, meaning inode_killpriv() is not required. */ int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry) { |