Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2/2] capabilities: implement 64-bit capabilities

[Chris Wright]

* Serge E. Hallyn (serge@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> I guess now that I've written this out, it seems pretty clear
> that capget64() and capget64() are the way to go.  Any objections?

How is capget64() different from capget() that supports 2 different
header->versions (I thought that was the whole point of the versioned,
rather opaque interface)?  I don't object to a new syscall, but I don't
see why it's required to avoid breaking libcap.

thanks,
-chris
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