linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] cap_syslog: don't refuse cap_sys

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1102110957380.27143@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:59:07 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Gergely Nagy <algernon@...abit.hu>, david@...g.hm,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Marc Koschewski <marc@...nowledge.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] cap_syslog: don't refuse cap_sys_admin for now
 (v3)

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Serge E. Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Please apply.
> 
> Hmm. So I detest the duplication and the ugly resulting code.  It was
> a bit hard to follow before, now it's just nasty.
> 
> Why not make this all into some nicer helper functions instead -
> something simple like the attached?
>
> UNTESTED! I'm not going to apply it unless I get acks/tested-by's.

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


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