1 files changed, 0 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 04b80f9912bf..64c2ed9c9015 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/prctl.h>
 #include <linux/securebits.h>
-#include <linux/syslog.h>
 
 /*
  * If a non-root user executes a setuid-root binary in
@@ -884,26 +883,6 @@ error:
 }
 
 /**
- * cap_syslog - Determine whether syslog function is permitted
- * @type: Function requested
- * @from_file: Whether this request came from an open file (i.e. /proc)
- *
- * Determine whether the current process is permitted to use a particular
- * syslog function, returning 0 if permission is granted, -ve if not.
- */
-int cap_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
-{
-        if (type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN && from_file)
-                return 0;
-        if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                return -EPERM;
-        if ((type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL &&
-             type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                return -EPERM;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-/**
  * cap_vm_enough_memory - Determine whether a new virtual mapping is permitted
  * @mm: The VM space in which the new mapping is to be made
  * @pages: The size of the mapping