linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] capability: Remove unused has

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhQ73qdL2Qf-jOMMVSf=+h-H8K+mz165XZztb5X6XjH11w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:28:02 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: linux@...blig.org
Cc: serge@...lyn.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] capability: Remove unused has_capability

On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM <linux@...blig.org> wrote:
>
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
>
> The vanilla has_capability() function has been unused since 2018's
> commit dcb569cf6ac9 ("Smack: ptrace capability use fixes")
>
> Remove it.
>
> Fixup a comment in security/commoncap.c that referenced it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/capability.h |  5 -----
>  kernel/capability.c        | 16 ----------------
>  security/commoncap.c       |  9 +++++----
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

Now that Serge has the capabilities tree back up and running I'm
assuming he will grab this patch, if not just let me know Serge and I
can take it.

Reviewed-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>

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