Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 10:43:14 -0600 (CST)
From: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
To: "Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [capabilities] Allow normal inheritance for a configurable set
 of capabilities
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2015, Andrew G. Morgan wrote:

> I was thinking more like this:
>
>     int override = secure(SECURE_AMBIENT_PRIVS) &&
> cap_isclear(caps->inheritable.cap);

Uhh.. Then processes that require other capabilties would not pass
them through anymore to other stuff that they invoke.

Also the new caps need to be set somewhere.
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