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authorDmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>2006-04-02 07:08:05 +0200
committerDmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>2006-04-02 07:08:05 +0200
commit95d465fd750897ab32462a6702fbfe1b122cbbc0 (patch)
tree65c38b2f11c51bb6932e44dd6c92f15b0091abfe /kernel/capability.c
parentInput: gameport - fix memory leak (diff)
parentMerge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serial (diff)
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Manual merge with Linus.
Conflicts: arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c drivers/input/keyboard/hil_kbd.c drivers/input/mouse/hil_ptr.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/capability.c')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index bfa3c92e16f2..1a4d8a40d3f9 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -233,3 +233,19 @@ out:
return ret;
}
+
+int __capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
+{
+ if (security_capable(t, cap) == 0) {
+ t->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__capable);
+
+int capable(int cap)
+{
+ return __capable(current, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);