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-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h5
-rw-r--r--kernel/capability.c16
-rw-r--r--security/commoncap.c9
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 0c356a517991..1fb08922552c 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ static inline kernel_cap_t cap_raise_nfsd_set(const kernel_cap_t a,
}
#ifdef CONFIG_MULTIUSER
-extern bool has_capability(struct task_struct *t, int cap);
extern bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct *t,
struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
extern bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t, int cap);
@@ -150,10 +149,6 @@ extern bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
extern bool ns_capable_noaudit(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
extern bool ns_capable_setid(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
#else
-static inline bool has_capability(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
-{
- return true;
-}
static inline bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct *t,
struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
{
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index e089d2628c29..829f49ae07b9 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -286,22 +286,6 @@ bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct *t,
}
/**
- * has_capability - Does a task have a capability in init_user_ns
- * @t: The task in question
- * @cap: The capability to be tested for
- *
- * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
- * currently in effect to the initial user namespace, false if not.
- *
- * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
- */
-bool has_capability(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
-{
- return has_ns_capability(t, &init_user_ns, cap);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(has_capability);
-
-/**
* has_ns_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited)
* in a specific user ns.
* @t: The task in question
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 58a0c1c3e409..28d4248bf001 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ static inline int cap_capable_helper(const struct cred *cred,
* Determine whether the nominated task has the specified capability amongst
* its effective set, returning 0 if it does, -ve if it does not.
*
- * NOTE WELL: cap_has_capability() cannot be used like the kernel's capable()
- * and has_capability() functions. That is, it has the reverse semantics:
- * cap_has_capability() returns 0 when a task has a capability, but the
- * kernel's capable() and has_capability() returns 1 for this case.
+ * NOTE WELL: cap_capable() has reverse semantics to the capable() call
+ * and friends. That is cap_capable() returns an int 0 when a task has
+ * a capability, while the kernel's capable(), has_ns_capability(),
+ * has_ns_capability_noaudit(), and has_capability_noaudit() return a
+ * bool true (1) for this case.
*/
int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *target_ns,
int cap, unsigned int opts)