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      1 /*
      2  * <sys/capability.h>
      3  *
      4  * Copyright (C) 1997   Aleph One
      5  * Copyright (C) 1997-8,2008 Andrew G. Morgan <morgan (at) kernel.org>
      6  *
      7  * defunct POSIX.1e Standard: 25.2 Capabilities           <sys/capability.h>
      8  */
      9 
     10 #ifndef _SYS_CAPABILITY_H
     11 #define _SYS_CAPABILITY_H
     12 
     13 #ifdef __cplusplus
     14 extern "C" {
     15 #endif
     16 
     17 /*
     18  * This file complements the kernel file by providing prototype
     19  * information for the user library.
     20  */
     21 
     22 #include <sys/types.h>
     23 #include <stdint.h>
     24 #include <linux/types.h>
     25 
     26 #ifndef __user
     27 #define __user
     28 #endif
     29 #include <linux/capability.h>
     30 
     31 /*
     32  * POSIX capability types
     33  */
     34 
     35 /*
     36  * Opaque capability handle (defined internally by libcap)
     37  * internal capability representation
     38  */
     39 typedef struct _cap_struct *cap_t;
     40 
     41 /* "external" capability representation is a (void *) */
     42 
     43 /*
     44  * This is the type used to identify capabilities
     45  */
     46 
     47 typedef int cap_value_t;
     48 
     49 /*
     50  * Set identifiers
     51  */
     52 typedef enum {
     53     CAP_EFFECTIVE=0,                        /* Specifies the effective flag */
     54     CAP_PERMITTED=1,                        /* Specifies the permitted flag */
     55     CAP_INHERITABLE=2                     /* Specifies the inheritable flag */
     56 } cap_flag_t;
     57 
     58 /*
     59  * These are the states available to each capability
     60  */
     61 typedef enum {
     62     CAP_CLEAR=0,                            /* The flag is cleared/disabled */
     63     CAP_SET=1                                    /* The flag is set/enabled */
     64 } cap_flag_value_t;
     65 
     66 /*
     67  * User-space capability manipulation routines
     68  */
     69 
     70 /* libcap/cap_alloc.c */
     71 extern cap_t   cap_dup(cap_t);
     72 extern int     cap_free(void *);
     73 extern cap_t   cap_init(void);
     74 
     75 /* libcap/cap_flag.c */
     76 extern int     cap_get_flag(cap_t, cap_value_t, cap_flag_t, cap_flag_value_t *);
     77 extern int     cap_set_flag(cap_t, cap_flag_t, int, const cap_value_t *,
     78 			    cap_flag_value_t);
     79 extern int     cap_clear(cap_t);
     80 extern int     cap_clear_flag(cap_t, cap_flag_t);
     81 
     82 /* libcap/cap_file.c */
     83 extern cap_t   cap_get_fd(int);
     84 extern cap_t   cap_get_file(const char *);
     85 extern int     cap_set_fd(int, cap_t);
     86 extern int     cap_set_file(const char *, cap_t);
     87 
     88 /* libcap/cap_proc.c */
     89 extern cap_t   cap_get_proc(void);
     90 extern cap_t   cap_get_pid(pid_t);
     91 extern int     cap_set_proc(cap_t);
     92 
     93 extern int     cap_get_bound(cap_value_t);
     94 extern int     cap_drop_bound(cap_value_t);
     95 
     96 #define CAP_IS_SUPPORTED(cap)  (cap_get_bound(cap) >= 0)
     97 
     98 /* libcap/cap_extint.c */
     99 extern ssize_t cap_size(cap_t);
    100 extern ssize_t cap_copy_ext(void *, cap_t, ssize_t);
    101 extern cap_t   cap_copy_int(const void *);
    102 
    103 /* libcap/cap_text.c */
    104 extern cap_t   cap_from_text(const char *);
    105 extern char *  cap_to_text(cap_t, ssize_t *);
    106 extern int     cap_from_name(const char *, cap_value_t *);
    107 extern char *  cap_to_name(cap_value_t);
    108 
    109 #define CAP_DIFFERS(result, flag)  (((result) & (1 << (flag))) != 0)
    110 extern int     cap_compare(cap_t, cap_t);
    111 
    112 /* system calls - look to libc for function to system call mapping */
    113 extern int capset(cap_user_header_t header, cap_user_data_t data);
    114 extern int capget(cap_user_header_t header, const cap_user_data_t data);
    115 
    116 /* deprecated - use cap_get_pid() */
    117 extern int capgetp(pid_t pid, cap_t cap_d);
    118 
    119 /* not valid with filesystem capability support - use cap_set_proc() */
    120 extern int capsetp(pid_t pid, cap_t cap_d);
    121 
    122 #ifdef __cplusplus
    123 }
    124 #endif
    125 
    126 #endif /* _SYS_CAPABILITY_H */
    127