From 1b91724d0bdc470ed8f353d1cc8d3e4123b51ed5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carlos Maiolino Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:45:52 +0200 Subject: capability: Add new capable_noaudit In some situations (quota enforcement bypass in this case) we'd like to check for a specific capability without triggering spurious audit messages from security modules like selinux. Add a new helper so we don't need to use ns_capable_noaudit() directly. Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino --- include/linux/capability.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index 37db92b3d6f8..f8532d92fcad 100644 --- a/include/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/linux/capability.h @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ extern bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t, int cap); extern bool has_ns_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap); extern bool capable(int cap); +bool capable_noaudit(int cap); extern bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap); extern bool ns_capable_noaudit(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap); extern bool ns_capable_setid(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap); @@ -167,6 +168,10 @@ static inline bool capable(int cap) { return true; } +static inline bool capable_noaudit(int cap) +{ + return true; +} static inline bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap) { return true; -- cgit v1.2.3