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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 /security
parent77d47582c2345e071df02afaf9191641009287c4 (diff)
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[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 'security')
-rw-r--r--security/security.c23
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index f693e1f66b98..51ef509710b9 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -174,31 +174,8 @@ int mod_unreg_security(const char *name, struct security_operations *ops)
return security_ops->unregister_security(name, ops);
}
-/**
- * capable - calls the currently loaded security module's capable() function with the specified capability
- * @cap: the requested capability level.
- *
- * This function calls the currently loaded security module's capable()
- * function with a pointer to the current task and the specified @cap value.
- *
- * This allows the security module to implement the capable function call
- * however it chooses to.
- */
-int capable(int cap)
-{
- if (security_ops->capable(current, cap)) {
- /* capability denied */
- return 0;
- }
-
- /* capability granted */
- current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
- return 1;
-}
-
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_security);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_security);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mod_reg_security);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mod_unreg_security);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_ops);