linux-kernel - Re: [-mm patch] unexport cap_inode

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:35:02 -0500
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] unexport cap_inode_killpriv

Quoting Adrian Bunk (bunk@...nel.org):
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:42:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >...
> > Changes since 2.6.23-rc1-mm2:
> >...
> > +file-capabilities-clear-fcaps-on-inode-change.patch
> > 
> >  file caps update
> >...
> 
> This patch removes the unused EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_inode_killpriv).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>

> ---
> 68ca3bcc4918d0b84a97318f60fb74c4600d9f6b 
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index 7816cdc..9ec5890 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -543,7 +543,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_bprm_apply_creds);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_bprm_secureexec);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_inode_setxattr);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_inode_removexattr);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_inode_killpriv);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_post_setuid);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_kill);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_setscheduler);

Ah yes, bc LSMs can't be modules any more.  But then, why still export
cap_task_setscheduler, for instance?

-serge
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