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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-31 17:46:07 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-31 17:46:07 -0700
commit094803e0aab3fe75bbf8202a8f4b5280eaade375 (patch)
tree278528ca9245a767fcfcfa97d977bd5714c082fd /kernel/sysctl.c
parent32087d4eeca14b82660dab288b1d659963b954bd (diff)
parentd8805e633e054c816c47cb6e727c81f156d9253d (diff)
downloadlinux-094803e0aab3fe75bbf8202a8f4b5280eaade375.tar.gz
Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's incoming)
Quoth Andrew:

 - Most of MM.  Still waiting for the poweroc guys to get off their
   butts and review some threaded hugepages patches.

 - alpha

 - vfs bits

 - drivers/misc

 - a few core kerenl tweaks

 - printk() features

 - MAINTAINERS updates

 - backlight merge

 - leds merge

 - various lib/ updates

 - checkpatch updates

* akpm: (127 commits)
  epoll: fix spurious lockdep warnings
  checkpatch: add a --strict check for utf-8 in commit logs
  kernel.h/checkpatch: mark strict_strto<foo> and simple_strto<foo> as obsolete
  llist-return-whether-list-is-empty-before-adding-in-llist_add-fix
  wireless: at76c50x: follow rename pack_hex_byte to hex_byte_pack
  fat: follow rename pack_hex_byte() to hex_byte_pack()
  security: follow rename pack_hex_byte() to hex_byte_pack()
  kgdb: follow rename pack_hex_byte() to hex_byte_pack()
  lib: rename pack_hex_byte() to hex_byte_pack()
  lib/string.c: fix strim() semantics for strings that have only blanks
  lib/idr.c: fix comment for ida_get_new_above()
  lib/percpu_counter.c: enclose hotplug only variables in hotplug ifdef
  lib/bitmap.c: quiet sparse noise about address space
  lib/spinlock_debug.c: print owner on spinlock lockup
  lib/kstrtox: common code between kstrto*() and simple_strto*() functions
  drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c: check if reset is successful
  leds: turn the blink_timer off before starting to blink
  leds: save the delay values after a successful call to blink_set()
  drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c: use gpio_get_value_cansleep() when initializing
  drivers/leds/leds-lm3530.c: add __devexit_p where needed
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 2fe2bc2a57ea..ae2719643854 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ static int minolduid;
 static int min_percpu_pagelist_fract = 8;
 
 static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
+static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
 #include <linux/inotify.h>
@@ -732,6 +734,13 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0444,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "cap_last_cap",
+		.data		= (void *)&cap_last_cap,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0444,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
 #if defined(CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR)
 	{
 		.procname       = "watchdog",