linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] capability: add cap

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgsVFvGrmbedVgpUjUJaRTMVxvGkr-dcR7s30S_MyDZfA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:29:34 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Cc:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        paul@...l-moore.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] capability: add cap_isidentical

On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 1:21 PM Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com> wrote:
>
> This is part of the crap which made me unwilling to do the clean up.

Yeah, it's not pretty.

That said, the old code was worse. The only redeeming feature of the
old code was that "nobody has touched it in ages", so it was at least
stable.

              Linus