Re: [PATCH] remove suser()

[Bernd Eckenfels]

In article <[e-mail]> you wrote:
>>> +++ linux/include/linux/compatmac.h  Tue Jun  4 13:57:33 2002
>>> -#define capable(x)                   suser()

> Why? The file being changed is in a particular kernel, not in, say, glibc; to 
> require compatibilty btw. a file in kernel X and another in kernel Y seems 
> stupid... but perhaps I misunderstand.

I must admit, I do not understand why this is needed in new kernels, too.
But the suser() call which actually should be removed is in
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h. Same is true for fsuser().

It is a good idea to remove it from the code, so everybody is forced to use
a sane api everywhere.

Greetings
Bernd