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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/security.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/security.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h index d24974262dc6..9d289e726fd8 100644 --- a/include/linux/security.h +++ b/include/linux/security.h @@ -423,15 +423,12 @@ struct request_sock; * identified by @name for @dentry. * Return 0 if permission is granted. * @inode_getsecurity: - * Copy the extended attribute representation of the security label - * associated with @name for @inode into @buffer. @buffer may be - * NULL to request the size of the buffer required. @size indicates - * the size of @buffer in bytes. Note that @name is the remainder - * of the attribute name after the security. prefix has been removed. - * @err is the return value from the preceding fs getxattr call, - * and can be used by the security module to determine whether it - * should try and canonicalize the attribute value. - * Return number of bytes used/required on success. + * Retrieve a copy of the extended attribute representation of the + * security label associated with @name for @inode via @buffer. Note that + * @name is the remainder of the attribute name after the security prefix + * has been removed. @alloc is used to specify of the call should return a + * value via the buffer or just the value length Return size of buffer on + * success. * @inode_setsecurity: * Set the security label associated with @name for @inode from the * extended attribute value @value. @size indicates the size of the @@ -1304,7 +1301,7 @@ struct security_operations { int (*inode_removexattr) (struct dentry *dentry, char *name); int (*inode_need_killpriv) (struct dentry *dentry); int (*inode_killpriv) (struct dentry *dentry); - int (*inode_getsecurity)(const struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size, int err); + int (*inode_getsecurity)(const struct inode *inode, const char *name, void **buffer, bool alloc); int (*inode_setsecurity)(struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags); int (*inode_listsecurity)(struct inode *inode, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size); @@ -1565,7 +1562,7 @@ int security_inode_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry); int security_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name); int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry); int security_inode_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry); -int security_inode_getsecurity(const struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size, int err); +int security_inode_getsecurity(const struct inode *inode, const char *name, void **buffer, bool alloc); int security_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags); int security_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size); int security_file_permission(struct file *file, int mask); @@ -1967,7 +1964,7 @@ static inline int security_inode_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry) return cap_inode_killpriv(dentry); } -static inline int security_inode_getsecurity(const struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size, int err) +static inline int security_inode_getsecurity(const struct inode *inode, const char *name, void **buffer, bool alloc) { return -EOPNOTSUPP; } |