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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-04-19 13:03:08 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-04-19 13:03:08 +0200
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Merge tag 'edac_amd_f16h' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ras/ras into x86/ras
Pull AMD F16h support for amd64_edac from Borislav Petkov. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 493d97259484..f6c2ce5701e1 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -393,6 +393,30 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable);
/**
+ * file_ns_capable - Determine if the file's opener had a capability in effect
+ * @file: The file we want to check
+ * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if task that opened the file had a capability in effect
+ * when the file was opened.
+ *
+ * This does not set PF_SUPERPRIV because the caller may not
+ * actually be privileged.
+ */
+bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cap_valid(cap)))
+ return false;
+
+ if (security_capable(file->f_cred, ns, cap) == 0)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_ns_capable);
+
+/**
* capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
* @cap: The capability to be tested for
*