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| author | Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@gmail.com> | 2011-02-01 18:44:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2011-02-01 11:54:02 -0500 |
| commit | 4916ca401e3051dad326ddd69765bd0e3f32fb9b (patch) | |
| tree | 593778babcd691a498a909a5eaf462f29d241cf6 /include | |
| parent | 8e6c96935fcc1ed3dbebc96fddfef3f2f2395afc (diff) | |
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security: remove unused security_sysctl hook
The only user for this hook was selinux. sysctl routes every call
through /proc/sys/. Selinux and other security modules use the file
system checks for sysctl too, so no need for this hook any more.
Signed-off-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/security.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h index 05dd5a64aa76..14167f2eb35a 100644 --- a/include/linux/security.h +++ b/include/linux/security.h @@ -1259,12 +1259,6 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts) * @cap contains the capability <include/linux/capability.h>. * @audit: Whether to write an audit message or not * Return 0 if the capability is granted for @tsk. - * @sysctl: - * Check permission before accessing the @table sysctl variable in the - * manner specified by @op. - * @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. * @syslog: * Check permission before accessing the kernel message ring or changing * logging to the console. @@ -1385,7 +1379,6 @@ struct security_operations { const kernel_cap_t *permitted); int (*capable) (struct task_struct *tsk, const struct cred *cred, int cap, int audit); - int (*sysctl) (struct ctl_table *table, int op); int (*quotactl) (int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb); int (*quota_on) (struct dentry *dentry); int (*syslog) (int type); @@ -1668,7 +1661,6 @@ int security_capset(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, int security_capable(int cap); int security_real_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap); int security_real_capable_noaudit(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap); -int security_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int op); int security_quotactl(int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb); int security_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry); int security_syslog(int type); @@ -1887,11 +1879,6 @@ int security_real_capable_noaudit(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap) return ret; } -static inline int security_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int op) -{ - return 0; -} - static inline int security_quotactl(int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb) { |