On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Subrata Modak wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 14:53 -0700, Matt Helsley wrote: 
> > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 05:30:55PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > >    - As of 2.6.24, `capability' can no longer be a module,
> > >    - As of 2.6.27, CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES no longer exists.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  .../kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh   |    3 +--
> > >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh 
> > > b/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh
> > > index 20f97f5..3f6a4ec 100755
> > > --- a/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh
> > > +++ b/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh
> > > @@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ check_simple_capset
> > >  ret=$?
> > >  if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
> > >   echo Posix capabilities not compiled into the kernel.  Please
> > > - echo modprobe capability or recompile your kernel with
> > > - echo CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y.
> > > + echo recompile your kernel with CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y.
> > 
> > Then the advice is incorrect for older kernels. If LTP should still run
> > nicely for users of older kernels then perhaps something like this is 
> > better:
> > 
> > -   echo modprobe capability or recompile your kernel with
> > -   echo CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y.
> > +   if tst_kvercmp 2 6 24 ; then
> > +           echo modprobe capability or recompile your kernel with
> > +           echo CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y.
> > +   elif tst_kvercmp 2 6 27 ; then
> > +           echo recompile your kernel with CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y.
> > +   else
> > +           echo recompile your kernel with 
> > CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y.
> > +   fi
> 
> Yes, this is better. Please shoot off a patch.

At your service!

---
>From 0e13026c931d26393671884f63446b7389318b27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:06:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Filecaps: Update error message for recent kernels

   - As of 2.6.24, `capability' can no longer be a module,
   - As of 2.6.27, CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES no longer exists.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
--
v2: Make the message dependent on the kernel version, as suggested by Matt
    Helsley
---
 .../kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh   |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh 
b/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh
index 20f97f5..5ca385e 100755
--- a/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh
+++ b/testcases/kernel/security/filecaps/checkforfilecaps.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ check_simple_capset
 ret=$?
 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
        echo Posix capabilities not compiled into the kernel.  Please
-       echo modprobe capability or recompile your kernel with
-       echo CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y.
+       if tst_kvercmp 2 6 24 ; then
+               echo modprobe capability or recompile your kernel with
+               echo CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y.
+       elif tst_kvercmp 2 6 27 ; then
+               echo recompile your kernel with CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y.
+       else
+               echo recompile your kernel with 
CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y.
+       fi
        exit 1
 fi
 
-- 
1.6.2.4

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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