lsm: clarify security_task_prctl() hook documentation

The task_prctl hook comment incorrectly described the hook as checking
whether a prctl operation is allowed. In reality, the hook exists for
LSMs to handle LSM-specific prctl operations.

Update the function description and kernel-doc comment to reflect the
actual behavior. The old wording appears to have been copied from other
permission-check hooks despite differing semantics.

Signed-off-by: Bill Roberts <bill.roberts@arm.com>
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
[PM: subj tweak, comment tweak -> "prctl to prctl()" ]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
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Bill Roberts
2026-07-02 14:59:24 -04:00
committed by Paul Moore
parent dc59e4fea9
commit 149b192e37
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@@ -3301,15 +3301,14 @@ int security_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
}
/**
* security_task_prctl() - Check if a prctl op is allowed
* security_task_prctl() - Handle an LSM specific prctl() call
* @option: operation
* @arg2: argument
* @arg3: argument
* @arg4: argument
* @arg5: argument
*
* Check permission before performing a process control operation on the
* current process.
* Handle lsm specific prctl() operations.
*
* Return: Return -ENOSYS if no-one wanted to handle this op, any other value
* to cause prctl() to return immediately with that value.