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

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhTuvNuNfeLrR+5b+LOB_kC8a_67EvLPnOJO4vcvkcuMYQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:08:52 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: linux@...blig.org, serge@...lyn.com
Cc: 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 1:28 PM Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
>
> 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>

Bump this thread to make sure Serge sees it ...

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