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

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Message-ID: <Z8u9MhM450tD3lYe@lei>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 03:44:50 +0000
From: sergeh@...nel.org
To: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc: linux@...blig.org, serge@...lyn.com,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] capability: Remove unused has_capability

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 07:08:52PM -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> 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 ...

d'oh, sorry, yes

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>

I will apply this now.

-serge