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Diffstat (limited to 'security')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/device_cgroup.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c index b9048dc46b1a..6b1266dd92bb 100644 --- a/security/device_cgroup.c +++ b/security/device_cgroup.c @@ -306,17 +306,17 @@ static int devcgroup_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) } /** - * match_exception - iterates the exception list trying to match a rule - * based on type, major, minor and access type. It is - * considered a match if an exception is found that - * will contain the entire range of provided parameters. + * match_exception - iterates the exception list trying to find a complete match * @exceptions: list of exceptions * @type: device type (DEV_BLOCK or DEV_CHAR) * @major: device file major number, ~0 to match all * @minor: device file minor number, ~0 to match all * @access: permission mask (ACC_READ, ACC_WRITE, ACC_MKNOD) * - * returns: true in case it matches an exception completely + * It is considered a complete match if an exception is found that will + * contain the entire range of provided parameters. + * + * Return: true in case it matches an exception completely */ static bool match_exception(struct list_head *exceptions, short type, u32 major, u32 minor, short access) @@ -341,20 +341,19 @@ static bool match_exception(struct list_head *exceptions, short type, } /** - * match_exception_partial - iterates the exception list trying to match a rule - * based on type, major, minor and access type. It is - * considered a match if an exception's range is - * found to contain *any* of the devices specified by - * provided parameters. This is used to make sure no - * extra access is being granted that is forbidden by - * any of the exception list. + * match_exception_partial - iterates the exception list trying to find a partial match * @exceptions: list of exceptions * @type: device type (DEV_BLOCK or DEV_CHAR) * @major: device file major number, ~0 to match all * @minor: device file minor number, ~0 to match all * @access: permission mask (ACC_READ, ACC_WRITE, ACC_MKNOD) * - * returns: true in case the provided range mat matches an exception completely + * It is considered a partial match if an exception's range is found to + * contain *any* of the devices specified by provided parameters. This is + * used to make sure no extra access is being granted that is forbidden by + * any of the exception list. + * + * Return: true in case the provided range mat matches an exception completely */ static bool match_exception_partial(struct list_head *exceptions, short type, u32 major, u32 minor, short access) @@ -387,13 +386,13 @@ static bool match_exception_partial(struct list_head *exceptions, short type, } /** - * verify_new_ex - verifies if a new exception is part of what is allowed - * by a dev cgroup based on the default policy + - * exceptions. This is used to make sure a child cgroup - * won't have more privileges than its parent + * verify_new_ex - verifies if a new exception is allowed by parent cgroup's permissions * @dev_cgroup: dev cgroup to be tested against * @refex: new exception * @behavior: behavior of the exception's dev_cgroup + * + * This is used to make sure a child cgroup won't have more privileges + * than its parent */ static bool verify_new_ex(struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup, struct dev_exception_item *refex, |