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Add file_ns_capable() helper function for open-time capability checking
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:06:31 +0000 (10:06 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:18:20 +0000 (12:18 -0700)
commit97129f70b9a32ddf8929daacd2abee36a7f0ddad
tree0f6bcfc24b2b7e90eff69d4f4550e7c43e2073b3
parent8299a17a0544a45529a954cf27f9bf40e8890ac6
Add file_ns_capable() helper function for open-time capability checking

commit 935d8aabd4331f47a89c3e1daa5779d23cf244ee upstream.

Nothing is using it yet, but this will allow us to delay the open-time
checks to use time, without breaking the normal UNIX permission
semantics where permissions are determined by the opener (and the file
descriptor can then be passed to a different process, or the process can
drop capabilities).

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
include/linux/capability.h
kernel/capability.c