Re: [PATCH 1/2] capability: export has_capability

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On 01/12/2017 02:47 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:10:15 +0800
> Jike Song <jike.song@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> has_capability() is sometimes needed by modules to test capability
>> for specified task other than current, so export it.
>>
>> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Jike Song <jike.song@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  kernel/capability.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
>> index 4984e1f..e2e198c 100644
>> --- a/kernel/capability.c
>> +++ b/kernel/capability.c
>> @@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ 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)
> 
> Are we using EXPORT_SYMBOL vs EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL here to match the other
> exports in this file?  We could use _GPL to match the expected caller
> of this.
> 

Yes, I chose EXPORT_SYMBOL to match the existing exports in capability.c.
Either is good to me, of course :)

> 
> Serge,
> 
> Do you have any comments on this patch?  I'd be happy to pull it
> through the vfio tree with an appropriate Ack.  Thanks,

Guess Serge still on Xmas vocation? :)

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Thanks,
Jike
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