linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 -mm] capabilities: define CONFIG

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Date:	Wed, 3 Oct 2007 15:42:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Andrew Morgan <morgan@...nel.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 -mm] capabilities: define CONFIG_COMMONCAP

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:

> >From 54c70ca7671750fe8986451fae91d42107d0ca90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:33:33 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2 -mm] capabilities: define CONFIG_COMMONCAP
> 
> currently the compilation of commoncap.c is determined
> through Makefile logic.  So there is no single CONFIG
> variable which can be relied upon to know whether it
> will be compiled.
> 
> Define CONFIG_COMMONCAP to be true when lsm is not
> compiled in, or when the capability or rootplug modules
> are compiled.  These are the cases when commoncap is
> currently compiled.  Use this variable in security/Makefile
> to determine commoncap.c's compilation.
> 
> Apart from being a logic cleanup, this is needed by the
> upcoming cap_bset patch so that prctl can know whether
> PR_SET_BSET should be allowed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>

Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>


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