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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps8
-rw-r--r--kernel/ksysfs.c10
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50a3033b5e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/fscaps
+Date: February 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.38
+Contact: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
+Description
+ Shows whether file system capabilities are honored
+ when executing a binary
+
diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index 0b624e791805..3b053c04dd86 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/kexec.h>
#include <linux/profile.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
#define KERNEL_ATTR_RO(_name) \
static struct kobj_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name)
@@ -131,6 +132,14 @@ KERNEL_ATTR_RO(vmcoreinfo);
#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */
+/* whether file capabilities are enabled */
+static ssize_t fscaps_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", file_caps_enabled);
+}
+KERNEL_ATTR_RO(fscaps);
+
/*
* Make /sys/kernel/notes give the raw contents of our kernel .notes section.
*/
@@ -158,6 +167,7 @@ struct kobject *kernel_kobj;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_kobj);
static struct attribute * kernel_attrs[] = {
+ &fscaps_attr.attr,
#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
&uevent_seqnum_attr.attr,
&uevent_helper_attr.attr,