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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-09-04 08:08:42 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-09-04 08:08:42 -0700
commit7203781c98ad9147564d327de6f6513ad8fc0f4e (patch)
tree5c29a2a04a626bf08a0d56fd8a0068b3c92ad284 /kernel/capability.c
parent671eef85a3e885dff4ce210d8774ad50a91d5967 (diff)
parentaf2e1f276ff08f17192411ea3b71c13a758dfe12 (diff)
downloadlinux-7203781c98ad9147564d327de6f6513ad8fc0f4e.tar.gz
Merge branch 'x86/cpu' into x86/core
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feature_names.c include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/capability.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/capability.c21
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 0101e847603e..33e51e78c2d8 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -486,17 +486,22 @@ asmlinkage long sys_capset(cap_user_header_t header, const cap_user_data_t data)
return ret;
}
-int __capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
+/**
+ * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
+ * available for use, false if not.
+ *
+ * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
+ * assumption that it's about to be used.
+ */
+int capable(int cap)
{
- if (security_capable(t, cap) == 0) {
- t->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
+ if (has_capability(current, cap)) {
+ current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
-
-int capable(int cap)
-{
- return __capable(current, cap);
-}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);