Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix cap_capable to only allow owners in the parentuser namespace to have caps.

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Fri Dec 14 2012 - 13:47:21 EST


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Eric W. Biederman
> <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> That said Serge I think I have lost track of the point of your question.
>
> .. and I'm a bit unsure what I should do about this all. Including
> pulling the pull request that actually can make this all matter.
>
> Hmm? Any consensus?

I think that, if Eric submits a newer version that renames the loop
variable for added comprehensibility, I'm okay with it.

Changing the semantics to a more expansive version like Serge was
talking about later on wouldn't break anything. But I don't think
there's any reason to change it.

--Andy
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/