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authorChris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>2006-03-25 12:07:41 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-25 17:22:56 +0100
commit12b5989be10011387a9da5dee82e5c0d6f9d02e7 (patch)
tree74da71d407bf26bf97c639bb2b473de233a736ac /kernel/sys.c
parent[PATCH] add a proper prototype for setup_arch() (diff)
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[PATCH] refactor capable() to one implementation, add __capable() helper
Move capable() to kernel/capability.c and eliminate duplicate implementations. Add __capable() function which can be used to check for capabiilty of any process. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 19d058be49d4..421009cedb51 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -224,18 +224,6 @@ int unregister_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block * nb)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_reboot_notifier);
-#ifndef CONFIG_SECURITY
-int capable(int cap)
-{
- if (cap_raised(current->cap_effective, cap)) {
- current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
- return 1;
- }
- return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
-#endif
-
static int set_one_prio(struct task_struct *p, int niceval, int error)
{
int no_nice;