Re: [1/1][PATCH] nproc v2: netlink access to /proc information

[Stephen Smalley]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 16:48, Chris Wright wrote:
> > + * @task_getstate:
> > + * 	Check permission before getting the state of a task.
> > + *      @pid contains the pid of the requesting process.
> > + *	@p contains the task_struct for the target task.
> > + *      @uid contains the uid of the requesting process.
> > + *      @caps contains the capability set of the requesting process.
> > + *      Return 0 if permission is granted.
> 
> Why caps?

It is readily available in the netlink skb parms, and someone might want
to use it, e.g. a security module might limit a requesting process to
only getting state of other processes with the same uid unless the
requesting process has some capability.

-- 
Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
National Security Agency

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