[PATCH v2] capability: Remove unused has_capability

Dr. David Alan Gilbert linux at treblig.org
Sat Mar 8 12:29:09 UTC 2025


* sergeh at kernel.org (sergeh at kernel.org) wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 07:08:52PM -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM <linux at treblig.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux at treblig.org>
> > > >
> > > > The vanilla has_capability() function has been unused since 2018's
> > > > commit dcb569cf6ac9 ("Smack: ptrace capability use fixes")
> > > >
> > > > Remove it.
> > > >
> > > > Fixup a comment in security/commoncap.c that referenced it.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux at treblig.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >  include/linux/capability.h |  5 -----
> > > >  kernel/capability.c        | 16 ----------------
> > > >  security/commoncap.c       |  9 +++++----
> > > >  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > Now that Serge has the capabilities tree back up and running I'm
> > > assuming he will grab this patch, if not just let me know Serge and I
> > > can take it.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> > 
> > Bump this thread to make sure Serge sees it ...
> 
> d'oh, sorry, yes
> 
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
> 
> I will apply this now.

Thanks!

Dave

> -serge
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