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authorLachlan McIlroy <lachlan@redback.melbourne.sgi.com>2009-01-08 13:22:55 +1100
committerLachlan McIlroy <lachlan@redback.melbourne.sgi.com>2009-01-08 13:22:55 +1100
commit6206aa8b2b9a45b4cf3ee31b7209b014be349fd9 (patch)
tree72c4223a2cc21bf055948eadb3b314ed0568ae9d /include/linux/capability.h
parent95f8e302c04c0b0c6de35ab399a5551605eeb006 (diff)
parent9e42d0cf5020aaf217433cad1a224745241d212a (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/capability.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index e22f48c2a46..02bdb768d43 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -529,8 +529,21 @@ extern const kernel_cap_t __cap_init_eff_set;
*
* Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
*/
-#define has_capability(t, cap) (security_capable((t), (cap)) == 0)
-#define has_capability_noaudit(t, cap) (security_capable_noaudit((t), (cap)) == 0)
+#define has_capability(t, cap) (security_real_capable((t), (cap)) == 0)
+
+/**
+ * has_capability_noaudit - Determine if a task has a superior capability available (unaudited)
+ * @t: The task in question
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
+ * currently in effect, false if not, but don't write an audit message for the
+ * check.
+ *
+ * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
+ */
+#define has_capability_noaudit(t, cap) \
+ (security_real_capable_noaudit((t), (cap)) == 0)
extern int capable(int cap);