Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] capability: Move mk_kernel_cap() to header
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From: Bradley Morgan <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-29 17:15:39
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On 29 September 2026 14:01:58 BST, Jinjie Ruan [off-list ref] wrote:
Move mk_kernel_cap() from capability.c to the capability header file so that it can be reused by other security modules.
Fair enoughh Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <redacted>
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No functional change. Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <redacted> --- include/linux/capability.h | 5 +++++ kernel/capability.c | 5 ----- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index f8532d92fcad..7921a0b3b04a 100644 --- a/include/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/linux/capability.h@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ static inline bool cap_issubset(const kernel_cap_t a, const kernel_cap_t set)return !(a.val & ~set.val); } +static inline kernel_cap_t mk_kernel_cap(u32 low, u32 high) +{ + return (kernel_cap_t) { (low | ((u64)high << 32)) & CAP_VALID_MASK }; +} + /* Used to decide between falling back on the old suser() or fsuser(). */ static inline kernel_cap_t cap_drop_fs_set(const kernel_cap_t a)diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c index 90e6ab62f6db..0b8ec26ead0e 100644 --- a/kernel/capability.c +++ b/kernel/capability.c@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capget, cap_user_header_t, header, cap_user_data_t, dataptr)return 0; } -static kernel_cap_t mk_kernel_cap(u32 low, u32 high) -{ - return (kernel_cap_t) { (low | ((u64)high << 32)) & CAP_VALID_MASK }; -} - /** * sys_capset - set capabilities for a process or (*) a group of processes * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
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