From: Chris Wright <chris@wirex.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Cc: gj@pointblue.com.pl, torvalds@transmeta.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@wirex.com,
greg@kroah.com, sds@epoch.ncsc.mil
Subject: Re: [PATCH][LSM] Early init for security modules and various cleanups
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:33:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030602093356.K27233@figure1.int.wirex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030602034419.3776d3b7.akpm@digeo.com>; from akpm@digeo.com on Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:44:19AM -0700
* Andrew Morton (akpm@digeo.com) wrote:
> Chris Wright <chris@wirex.com> wrote:
> >
> > security_capable() returns 0 if that capability bit is set.
>
> That's just bizarre. Is there any logic behind it?
Yes, as Stephen pointed out, it's common for the security interface to
return 0 on success on -errno on failure.
cheers,
-chris
--
Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-02 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-02 9:49 [BK PATCH][LSM] Early init for security modules and various cleanups Chris Wright
2003-06-02 9:54 ` [PATCH][LSM] " Chris Wright
2003-06-02 9:57 ` Chris Wright
2003-06-02 10:00 ` Chris Wright
2003-06-02 10:01 ` Chris Wright
2003-06-02 10:03 ` Chris Wright
2003-06-02 10:08 ` Grzegorz Jaskiewicz
2003-06-02 10:09 ` Chris Wright
2003-06-02 10:44 ` Andrew Morton
2003-06-02 12:50 ` Stephen Smalley
2003-06-02 14:40 ` Chris Friesen
2003-06-02 16:33 ` Chris Wright [this message]
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