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Message-ID: <20071018052111.GQ3906@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:21:11 -0700
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, morgan@...nel.org,
chrisw@...s-sol.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kaigai@...gai.gr.jp, casey@...aufler-ca.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2/2] capabilities: implement 64-bit capabilities
* Serge E. Hallyn (serge@...lyn.com) wrote:
> I guess now that I've written this out, it seems pretty clear
> that capget64() and capget64() are the way to go. Any objections?
How is capget64() different from capget() that supports 2 different
header->versions (I thought that was the whole point of the versioned,
rather opaque interface)? I don't object to a new syscall, but I don't
see why it's required to avoid breaking libcap.
thanks,
-chris
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