[PATCH] security: fix description of values returned by cap_inode_need_killpriv
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STALE3363d
From: Stefan Berger <hidden>
Date: 2017-07-26 18:31:55
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Subsystem:
capabilities, security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Serge Hallyn, Paul Moore, James Morris, Linus Torvalds
cap_inode_need_killpriv returns 1 if security.capability exists, 0 otherwise. Fix the description of the return value to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <redacted> --- security/commoncap.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 7abebd7..92931f8 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c@@ -302,8 +302,7 @@ static inline void bprm_clear_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm) * affects the security markings on that inode, and if it is, should * inode_killpriv() be invoked or the change rejected? * - * Returns 0 if granted; +ve if granted, but inode_killpriv() is required; and - * -ve to deny the change. + * Returns 1 if security.capability has a value, 0 otherwise. */ int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry) {
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2.7.4
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