1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index bfa3c92e16f2..1a4d8a40d3f9 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -233,3 +233,19 @@ out:
 
      return ret;
 }
+
+int __capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
+{
+        if (security_capable(t, cap) == 0) {
+                t->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
+                return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__capable);
+
+int capable(int cap)
+{
+        return __capable(current, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);