[PATCH] security: fix description of values returned by cap_inode_need_killpriv

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Wed Jul 26 2017 - 14:32:00 EST


cap_inode_need_killpriv returns 1 if security.capability exists,
0 otherwise. Fix the description of the return value to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/commoncap.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 7abebd7..92931f8 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -302,8 +302,7 @@ static inline void bprm_clear_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
* affects the security markings on that inode, and if it is, should
* inode_killpriv() be invoked or the change rejected?
*
- * Returns 0 if granted; +ve if granted, but inode_killpriv() is required; and
- * -ve to deny the change.
+ * Returns 1 if security.capability has a value, 0 otherwise.
*/
int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
{
--
2.7.4