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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:08:37 -0800
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] security: add cred argument to security_capable()
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* Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com) 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.

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