Merge tag 'v3.9' into v4l_for_linus

Linux 3.9

* tag 'v3.9': (1099 commits)
  Linux 3.9
  vm: add no-mmu vm_iomap_memory() stub
  efivars: only check for duplicates on the registered list
  TTY: fix atime/mtime regression
  aio: fix possible invalid memory access when DEBUG is enabled
  parisc: use spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore for PTE updates
  parisc: disable -mlong-calls compiler option for kernel modules
  parisc: uaccess: fix compiler warnings caused by __put_user casting
  parisc: Change kunmap macro to static inline function
  parisc: Provide __ucmpdi2 to resolve undefined references in 32 bit builds.
  sparc64: Fix missing put_cpu_var() in tlb_batch_add_one() when not batching.
  Revert "gpio: pxa: set initcall level to module init"
  efi: Check EFI revision in setup_efi_vars
  x86, efi: Fix a build warning
  Revert "MIPS: page.h: Provide more readable definition for PAGE_MASK."
  kernel/hz.bc: ignore.
  Linux 3.9-rc8
  events: Protect access via task_subsys_state_check()
  net: fix incorrect credentials passing
  x86, microcode: Verify the family before dispatching microcode patching
  ...

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 493d97259484..f6c2ce5701e1 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -393,6 +393,30 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable);
 
 /**
+ * file_ns_capable - Determine if the file's opener had a capability in effect
+ * @file:  The file we want to check
+ * @ns:  The usernamespace we want the capability in
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if task that opened the file had a capability in effect
+ * when the file was opened.
+ *
+ * This does not set PF_SUPERPRIV because the caller may not
+ * actually be privileged.
+ */
+bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cap_valid(cap)))
+		return false;
+
+	if (security_capable(file->f_cred, ns, cap) == 0)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_ns_capable);
+
+/**
  * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
  * @cap: The capability to be tested for
  *