[PATCH -v3 1/5] Capabilities: document the order of arguments tocap_issubset

[Eric Paris]

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 <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 include/linux/capability.h |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 9d1fe30..9f44150 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -454,6 +454,13 @@ 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;

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