[PATCH] lsm: fix a badly named parameter in security_get_getsecurity()

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Wed Mar 8 18:31:39 UTC 2023


There is no good reason for why the "_buffer" parameter needs an
underscore, get rid of it.

Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
---
 include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  2 +-
 security/security.c           | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index 094b76dc7164..6bb55e61e8e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, key_alloc, struct key *key, const struct cred *cred,
 LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, key_free, struct key *key)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, key_permission, key_ref_t key_ref, const struct cred *cred,
 	 enum key_need_perm need_perm)
-LSM_HOOK(int, 0, key_getsecurity, struct key *key, char **_buffer)
+LSM_HOOK(int, 0, key_getsecurity, struct key *key, char **buffer)
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEYS */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 4c39cfe313bf..e6c275fff001 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -4981,20 +4981,20 @@ int security_key_permission(key_ref_t key_ref, const struct cred *cred,
 /**
  * security_key_getsecurity() - Get the key's security label
  * @key: key
- * @_buffer: security label buffer
+ * @buffer: security label buffer
  *
  * Get a textual representation of the security context attached to a key for
  * the purposes of honouring KEYCTL_GETSECURITY.  This function allocates the
  * storage for the NUL-terminated string and the caller should free it.
  *
- * Return: Returns the length of @_buffer (including terminating NUL) or -ve if
+ * Return: Returns the length of @buffer (including terminating NUL) or -ve if
  *         an error occurs.  May also return 0 (and a NULL buffer pointer) if
  *         there is no security label assigned to the key.
  */
-int security_key_getsecurity(struct key *key, char **_buffer)
+int security_key_getsecurity(struct key *key, char **buffer)
 {
-	*_buffer = NULL;
-	return call_int_hook(key_getsecurity, 0, key, _buffer);
+	*buffer = NULL;
+	return call_int_hook(key_getsecurity, 0, key, buffer);
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_KEYS */
 
-- 
2.39.2



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