Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756605Ab1BJQI4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:08:56 -0500 Received: from sous-sol.org ([216.99.217.87]:57407 "EHLO sequoia.sous-sol.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756361Ab1BJQIy (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:08:54 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:08:37 -0800 From: Chris Wright To: Casey Schaufler Cc: Chris Wright , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jesse Barnes , Eric Paris , Don Dutile , James Morris , Serge Hallyn , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] security: add cred argument to security_capable() Message-ID: <20110210160837.GB9869@sequoia.sous-sol.org> References: <1297318312-14309-1-git-send-email-chrisw@sous-sol.org> <1297318312-14309-2-git-send-email-chrisw@sous-sol.org> <4D540BCE.5020007@schaufler-ca.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D540BCE.5020007@schaufler-ca.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 712 Lines: 17 * Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com) wrote: > On 2/9/2011 10:11 PM, Chris Wright wrote: > > Expand security_capable() to include cred, so that it can be usable in a > > wider range of call sites. > > I'll bite. What to plan to use this for? I wouldn't see this getting > accepted on its own without a user. I don't see anything wrong with > the change other than that it is not used by anything. Casey, the user is in 2/2. https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/10/16 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/