Document the order of arguments for cap_issubset. It's not instantly clear
authorEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:48:07 +0000 (21:48 +1100)
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:48:07 +0000 (21:48 +1100)
which order the argument should be in.  So give an example.

Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
include/linux/capability.h

index 5bc145b..b5750d0 100644 (file)
@@ -457,6 +457,13 @@ static inline int cap_isclear(const kernel_cap_t a)
        return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if "a" is a subset of "set".
+ * return 1 if ALL of the capabilities in "a" are also in "set"
+ *     cap_issubset(0101, 1111) will return 1
+ * return 0 if ANY of the capabilities in "a" are not in "set"
+ *     cap_issubset(1111, 0101) will return 0
+ */
 static inline int cap_issubset(const kernel_cap_t a, const kernel_cap_t set)
 {
        kernel_cap_t dest;