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-rw-r--r--kernel/printk/printk.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 45fa8c88ac47..de553849f3ac 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -489,13 +489,13 @@ static int syslog_action_restricted(int type)
type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER;
}
-int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
+int check_syslog_permissions(int type, int source)
{
/*
* If this is from /proc/kmsg and we've already opened it, then we've
* already done the capabilities checks at open time.
*/
- if (from_file && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN)
+ if (source == SYSLOG_FROM_PROC && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN)
goto ok;
if (syslog_action_restricted(type)) {
@@ -1290,13 +1290,13 @@ static int syslog_print_all(char __user *buf, int size, bool clear)
return len;
}
-int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
+int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, int source)
{
bool clear = false;
static int saved_console_loglevel = LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT;
int error;
- error = check_syslog_permissions(type, from_file);
+ error = check_syslog_permissions(type, source);
if (error)
goto out;
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
syslog_prev = 0;
syslog_partial = 0;
}
- if (from_file) {
+ if (source == SYSLOG_FROM_PROC) {
/*
* Short-cut for poll(/"proc/kmsg") which simply checks
* for pending data, not the size; return the count of