[PATCH v2 06/11] LSM: fix documentation for the path_chmod hook
Denis Efremov
efremov at ispras.ru
Tue Feb 26 20:49:07 UTC 2019
The path_chmod hook was changed in the commit
"switch security_path_chmod() to struct path *" (cdcf116d44e7).
The argument @mnt was removed from the hook, @dentry was changed
to @path. This patch updates the documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov at ispras.ru>
---
include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 79011eff9795..feedd03cbd59 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -303,10 +303,11 @@
* @new_dentry contains the dentry structure of the new link.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @path_chmod:
- * Check for permission to change DAC's permission of a file or directory.
- * @dentry contains the dentry structure.
- * @mnt contains the vfsmnt structure.
- * @mode contains DAC's mode.
+ * Check for permission to change a mode of the file @path. The new
+ * mode is specified in @mode.
+ * @path contains the path structure of the file to change the mode.
+ * @mode contains the new DAC's permission, which is a bitmask of
+ * constants from <include/uapi/linux/stat.h>
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @path_chown:
* Check for permission to change owner/group of a file or directory.
--
2.17.2
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