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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-10-16 09:22:22 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-10-16 09:22:22 +0200
commit58f2c391cc0560231d7636c39d31b1b26c9396b7 (patch)
tree67956eea736a8763f67be8a52bcaf0d3fe4374f4 /security/commoncap.c
parentc2e5df616e1ae6c2a074cb241ebb65a318ebaf7c (diff)
parent33d930e59a98fa10a0db9f56c7fa2f21a4aef9b9 (diff)
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Merge 4.14-rc5 into char-misc-next
We need the fixes in here to resolve merge issues and for testing. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/commoncap.c')
-rw-r--r--security/commoncap.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 6bf72b175b49..c25e0d27537f 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ int cap_capset(struct cred *new,
*
* Determine if an inode having a change applied that's marked ATTR_KILL_PRIV
* affects the security markings on that inode, and if it is, should
- * inode_killpriv() be invoked or the change rejected?
+ * inode_killpriv() be invoked or the change rejected.
*
- * Returns 0 if granted; +ve if granted, but inode_killpriv() is required; and
- * -ve to deny the change.
+ * Returns 1 if security.capability has a value, meaning inode_killpriv()
+ * is required, 0 otherwise, meaning inode_killpriv() is not required.
*/
int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
{