From 9d36be76c55ad2c2bb29683b752b0d9ad2e4eeef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Paris Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:48:07 +1100 Subject: Document the order of arguments for cap_issubset. It's not instantly clear which order the argument should be in. So give an example. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: James Morris --- include/linux/capability.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index 5bc145bd759a..b5750d0b96e0 100644 --- a/include/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/linux/capability.h @@ -457,6 +457,13 @@ static inline int cap_isclear(const kernel_cap_t a) return 1; } +/* + * Check if "a" is a subset of "set". + * return 1 if ALL of the capabilities in "a" are also in "set" + * cap_issubset(0101, 1111) will return 1 + * return 0 if ANY of the capabilities in "a" are not in "set" + * cap_issubset(1111, 0101) will return 0 + */ static inline int cap_issubset(const kernel_cap_t a, const kernel_cap_t set) { kernel_cap_t dest; -- cgit v1.2.1