Re: [PATCH] Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Serge E. Hallyn (serge@xxxxxxxxxx):
> Quoting Satyam Sharma (ssatyam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> > From: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > [PATCH] Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check
> > 
> > Introduce is_owner_or_cap() macro in fs.h, and convert over relevant
> > users to it. This is done because we want to avoid bugs in the future
> 
> I like the idea - it will make future user namespace/per-container
> capability patches much cleaner by localizing a lot of the changes.
> 
> (haven't tested the patch yet, but it looks trivial enough, and I will
> test later today)

tested fine for me.

thanks,
-serge
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