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authorLucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@gmail.com>2011-02-01 18:44:56 +0200
committerEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>2011-02-01 11:54:02 -0500
commit4916ca401e3051dad326ddd69765bd0e3f32fb9b (patch)
tree593778babcd691a498a909a5eaf462f29d241cf6 /include/linux/security.h
parent8e6c96935fcc1ed3dbebc96fddfef3f2f2395afc (diff)
security: remove unused security_sysctl hook
The only user for this hook was selinux. sysctl routes every call through /proc/sys/. Selinux and other security modules use the file system checks for sysctl too, so no need for this hook any more. Signed-off-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/security.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/security.h13
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 05dd5a64aa76..14167f2eb35a 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1259,12 +1259,6 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
* @cap contains the capability <include/linux/capability.h>.
* @audit: Whether to write an audit message or not
* Return 0 if the capability is granted for @tsk.
- * @sysctl:
- * Check permission before accessing the @table sysctl variable in the
- * manner specified by @op.
- * @table contains the ctl_table structure for the sysctl variable.
- * @op contains the operation (001 = search, 002 = write, 004 = read).
- * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @syslog:
* Check permission before accessing the kernel message ring or changing
* logging to the console.
@@ -1385,7 +1379,6 @@ struct security_operations {
const kernel_cap_t *permitted);
int (*capable) (struct task_struct *tsk, const struct cred *cred,
int cap, int audit);
- int (*sysctl) (struct ctl_table *table, int op);
int (*quotactl) (int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb);
int (*quota_on) (struct dentry *dentry);
int (*syslog) (int type);
@@ -1668,7 +1661,6 @@ int security_capset(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
int security_capable(int cap);
int security_real_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap);
int security_real_capable_noaudit(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap);
-int security_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int op);
int security_quotactl(int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb);
int security_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry);
int security_syslog(int type);
@@ -1887,11 +1879,6 @@ int security_real_capable_noaudit(struct task_struct *tsk, int cap)
return ret;
}
-static inline int security_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int op)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
static inline int security_quotactl(int cmds, int type, int id,
struct super_block *sb)
{