linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/16] capability: rename cpu_vfs_cap_data to vfs

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Message-ID: <f3f08ce6b3b273bde1ce6eb41b0ca3c0@paul-moore.com>
Date:   Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:25:26 -0500
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     "Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean)" <sforshee@...nel.org>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, audit@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org,
        "Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean)" <sforshee@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/16] capability: rename cpu_vfs_cap_data to vfs_caps

On Nov 29, 2023 "Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean)" <sforshee@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> vfs_caps is a more generic name which is better suited to the broader
> use this struct will see in subsequent commits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) <sforshee@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/capability.h | 4 ++--
>  kernel/auditsc.c           | 4 ++--
>  security/commoncap.c       | 8 ++++----
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Bonus points in that the proposed name is shorter too :)

Technically you'll want to get Serge's ACK as he's the capabilities
maintainer, but with my LSM hat on this looks okay, and is pretty
trivial anyway.

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> (Audit,LSM)

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