linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] capabilities: add description for CAP

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Message-Id: <20200602091728.10843-1-stefanha@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue,  2 Jun 2020 10:17:28 +0100
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] capabilities: add description for CAP_SETFCAP

Document the purpose of CAP_SETFCAP.  For some reason this capability
had no description while the others did.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
---
v2:
 * Rebased onto git master

 include/uapi/linux/capability.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
index e58c9636741b..c4532b0fe00f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ struct vfs_ns_cap_data {
 
 #define CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL    30
 
+/* Set or remove capabilities on files */
+
 #define CAP_SETFCAP	     31
 
 /* Override MAC access.
-- 
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