Re: [PATCH 1/2] security: add cred argument to security_capable()

From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Thu Feb 10 2011 - 11:25:17 EST


On 2/10/2011 8:08 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Casey Schaufler (casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>> On 2/9/2011 10:11 PM, Chris Wright wrote:
>>> Expand security_capable() to include cred, so that it can be usable in a
>>> wider range of call sites.
>> I'll bite. What to plan to use this for? I wouldn't see this getting
>> accepted on its own without a user. I don't see anything wrong with
>> the change other than that it is not used by anything.
> Casey, the user is in 2/2.

Which didn't show up on the LSM list. I see it now, but
had to go looking. Ok, no worries

> https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/10/16
>
>

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