Re: [PATCH v4 3/9] capability: use new capable_any functionality

[Andrii Nakryiko]

On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 7:27 AM Christian Göttsche
<cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Use the new added capable_any function in appropriate cases, where a
> task is required to have any of two capabilities.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3:
>   - rename to capable_any()
>   - simplify checkpoint_restore_ns_capable()
> ---
>  include/linux/capability.h | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
> index eeb958440656..4db0ffb47271 100644
> --- a/include/linux/capability.h
> +++ b/include/linux/capability.h
> @@ -204,18 +204,17 @@ extern bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns,
>  extern bool ptracer_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns);
>  static inline bool perfmon_capable(void)
>  {
> -       return capable(CAP_PERFMON) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> +       return capable_any(CAP_PERFMON, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
>  }
>
>  static inline bool bpf_capable(void)
>  {
> -       return capable(CAP_BPF) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> +       return capable_any(CAP_BPF, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
>  }
>

For bpf parts:

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  static inline bool checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns)
>  {
> -       return ns_capable(ns, CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) ||
> -               ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> +       return ns_capable_any(ns, CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
>  }
>
>  /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */
> --
> 2.40.1
>
>