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authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2011-03-03 13:32:07 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-03-03 13:32:07 -0800
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netlink: kill eff_cap from struct netlink_skb_parms
Netlink message processing in the kernel is synchronous these days, capabilities can be checked directly in security_netlink_recv() from the current process. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> [chrisw: update to include pohmelfs and uvesafb] Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 66823b862022..4c4ac3f3ce5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ struct netlink_skb_parms {
struct ucred creds; /* Skb credentials */
__u32 pid;
__u32 dst_group;
- kernel_cap_t eff_cap;
};
#define NETLINK_CB(skb) (*(struct netlink_skb_parms*)&((skb)->cb))
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